Under Elon Musk's leadership, Tesla has been hit with multiple lawsuits alleging racism and researchers say hate speech has flourished at Twitter since his takeover.
Reports of more layoffs at Twitter landed on Monday as owner Elon Musk waded into a racism controversy that risked pushing advertisers further away from the struggling platform.
"Same thing happened with elite colleges & high schools in America. Maybe they can try not being racist." The controversy came as the New York Times reported that Twitter had laid off at least 200 employees, or 10 per cent of its already decimated workforce. Head of the new Twitter Blue verification program, she had been a staunch supporter of Mr Musk and the company, going so far as to retweet a photo of herself sleeping in a sleeping bag at her workplace.
Since Mr Musk took ownership of Twitter, the platform has been riven by chaos, with mass layoffs, the return of thousands of banned accounts and major advertisers fleeing.
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