Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced that the social media platform will delete 1.5 billion inactive accounts that haven't logged in or tweeted from, to free up usernames and handles.
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Elon Musk has officially acquired Twitter before the Friday deadline. He also sacked CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal, as well as legal head Vijaya Gadde after his takeover on Thursday.
Twitter's employee attrition has grown significantly in the past few months and CEO Parag Agrawal has said that the company will need to narrow its focus - proportionate to headcount - moving forward.
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Twitter has reportedly put a temporary ban on product changes to preemptively prevent sabotage from employees who might go rogue following the deal with Elon Musk. Employees are divided on the topic.
Elon Musk has joined the Twitter board after buying a 9.2% stake in the company. Twitter CEO Para Agrawal confirmed the appointment on Twitter and said it's a result of weeks of discussions.
Twitter has updated its private information policy to now include banning photos and videos that depict individuals who have not consented to share the media on the microblogging platform.
