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//What is going on at Twitter//

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//What is going on at Twitter//

Oct. 27,2022: Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion (Twitter stock market is suspended)

Oct. 31: Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Twitter’s corporate family ratings from Ba2 to B1

Nov. 4: Twitter begins massive layoffs and cut roughly half of its 7,500 employees

Nov. 8: Twitter is delisted and/or suspended from the NYSE and its shares will no longer trade on
public markets (issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC))

Nov. 9: Twitter launches a new subscription service—Twitter Blue, which allows users to have
“verified account” with monthly fee of $8

Nov. 10: A bunch of fake accounts impersonating public figures and brands on Twitter appeared—
including fake accounts of LeBron James, Rudy Giuliani, Nintendo of America, and Tesla.

© Barbara Ortutay/PBS
//Top firms halt Twitter ads after Elon Musk take over (WSJ)//
//Main reason//

//Impacts for Musk’s Twitter//

//Aftermath: increase in hate speech//


Twitter before Musk

Twitter after Musk

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