Elon Musk addresses layoffs, remote work, 'free speech' during first meeting with Twitter employees

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Elon Musk on Thursday doubled down on his desire to relax content restrictions on Twitter during a meeting with employees.

Elon Musk on Thursday doubled down on his desire to relax content restrictions on Twitter during a meeting with employees, some of whom have previously raised concerns about how the billionaire might change the platform.

However, Musk also noted that Twitter should work to prevent potentially harmful or offensive content from getting amplified so that users will be"comfortable on Twitter." On Thursday, Musk seemed to try to reassure employees about his intention to follow through with the deal, even as he showed up about 10 minutes late to the meeting and appeared to speak to employees by holding up his smartphone.

Crucially for some Twitter employees, Musk suggested that he may be at least somewhat flexible about employees working from home as the owner of Twitter. A note Musk sent to Tesla executives earlier this month requiring them to return to the office had prompted speculation that he would do the same at Twitter in a major reversal for the tech company, which relies heavily on a distributed workforce

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