By our Reporter
Twitter,a micro blogging platform has laid off 50% of its employees after acquisition by Elon Musk.
According to the company’s head of safety and integrity in a tweet on Friday said that the social media platform’s content moderation capabilities remained in place.
The tweet by safety and integrity head Yoel Roth moved to reassure users and advertisers following the company’s takeover by billionaire Elon Musk.
Roth further explained that 15% of Twitter’s employees on the trust and safety team, which is responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation and harmful content, were laid off.
Company-wide, the layoffs affected 50% of employees, he added, which was the first confirmation from Twitter about the size of the layoffs.
“Again, to be crystal clear, Twitter’s strong commitment to content moderation remains absolutely unchanged,” Musk tweeted shortly after Roth’s own tweet.
Quoting Reuters,Musk explained on Friday that Twitter had experienced “a massive drop in revenue,” due to civil rights groups who raised concerns about how the layoffs would affect moderation, and pressured top advertisers to pull their ad spending.
Major brands like General Mills (GIS.N) and General Motors (GM.N) have said they have stopped advertising on Twitter.
