Elon Musk; Justine Musk.Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty;
Justine Muskhas a message for Twitter employees who addressed her ex-husbandElon Muskin a letter about his reported plans for the company as his deal to buy it is finalized.
“So that open letter from Twitter employees to their new boss was a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad idea,“she wroteon the social media platform Wednesday.
“Elon Musk’s plan to lay off 75% of Twitter workers will hurt Twitter’s ability to serve the public conversation,” the letter states,according toTime. “A threat of this magnitude is reckless, undermines our users' and customers' trust in the platform, and is a transparent act of worker intimidation.”
Bloomberg reportsthat on Wednesday, during a visit to Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters, Musk told employees that hedid not plan to cut 75% of the company’s staffas owner, despite previous reporting on the matter inThe Washington Post.
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Muskcarried a white sinkwhen he arrived, according to video he included in a tweet that said, “Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in.”
On Thursday, Musk tweeted a message to Twitter advertisers to “personally share my motivation in acquiring Twitter,” he said.
“There has been much speculation about why I bought Twitter and what I think about advertising. Most of it has been wrong,” he wrote in the note.
Musk said the social media company is “important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence.”
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“I didn’t do it because it would be easy. I didn’t do it to make more money. I did it to try and help humanity, whom I love,” he continued in his message about the purchase. “And I do so with humility, recognizing that failure in pursuing this goal, despite our best efforts, is a very real possibility.”
Musk first agreed tobuy Twitterin April. However, nearly three months later, he announced his plans toback out of his agreement, alleging that Twitter was in “breach of multiple provisions” of an original agreement.
After months of back-and-forth, Musk sent a letter to Twitter earlier this month, according toBloombergandThe New York Times. The outlets reported that in the letter, heproposed to acquire the platform at the original price he agreed on, provided Twitter dropped its lawsuit.
Musk has until Oct. 28 to close the $44 billion deal, or the case is set to go to trial in November.
By Wednesday, Musk’s Twitter bio read “Chief Twit” and his location had been updated to “Twitter HQ.”
source: people.com
