SAN FRANCISCO - The company formerly known as Twitter removed a towering, blinking X from atop its San Francisco headquarters on Monday after the rebranded tech firm tangled with city officials over the controversial sign. The X, installed on the roof of the company’s...
The owner of the property where X is renting offices will have to pay the cost of permits to install and remove the sign, as well as the cost of the city’s investigation, according to Mr Hannan.
A second attempt by an inspector to check the sign was also rebuffed on Saturday, according to the city.The city website says that such notices can result in fees, but it was not immediately clear if X would face any financial penalty. The Tesla founder killed off Twitter’s globally recognisable bird logo early last week as he rebranded the company he hopes to turn into a super app inspired by China’s WeChat, which would function as a social media platform and also offer messaging and payments.
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