What began as the firing of two longtime Twitter engineers after they criticised their new boss has turned into a purge, as Elon Musk clamps down on internal and external dissent.
In the past 24 hours, an estimated dozen or so employees have been let go after openly rebuking Musk, who has called himself a “free speech absolutist”, according to two people familiar with the matter. Musk and Twitter haven’t confirmed the firings, but employees have been monitoring the situation through public tweets and private messages.
On Monday morning, Musk wrote that Frohnhoefer had been fired. Frohnhoefer retweeted that post, and included a saluting emoji that many employees used when they were laid off earlier this month. Twitter and Frohnhoefer didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on his status. “My Twitter account was protected at the time, so I can only assume this was for not showing 100% loyalty in Slack,” he tweeted, referring to Twitter’s internal company communications. Morgan and Solomon could not be reached for comment.
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