If we assume the lenders for Musk’s acquisition of Twitter were properly advised and did their due diligence, then we can assume Twitter’s precarious state would not be a surprise even if Musk’s current antics were unexpected.
If this further assumption is correct, then the lenders would not be expecting Musk to succeed, but to fail.
In essence, this would not be about getting a return on their investment, but about enforcing the security.
1/ Dreadful responses from social media companies on online racist abuse in football at @CommonsHomeAffs@twitter.com today. @instagram@twitter.com told us they used AI to remove abuse. So why are so many vile racist comments still up for weeks on profiles of @MarcusRashford@twitter.com @BukayoSaka87@twitter.com @Sanchooo10@twitter.com ?
Since Roe was overturned, Americans have had six chances to vote on laws that would affect their access to abortion — once last summer in Kansas and five in this year's midterms.
NEW: Hearing that the top execs remaining at Twitter -- head of Trust & Safety @yoyoel@twitter.com and head of sales @robinw@twitter.com -- both resigned today
When you add in that Musk told employees this afternoon that bankruptcy is possible, it feels like Twitter is almost collapsing in real-time
“Elon has shown that his only priority with Twitter users is how to monetize them. I do not believe he cares about the human rights activists, the dissidents, our users in un-monetizable regions, and all the other users who have made Twitter a global town square”
NEW: A senior member of Twitter’s legal team just posted this message in Slack:“Everyone should know that our CISO, Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Compliance Officer ALL resigned last night. This news will be buried in the return-to-office drama. I believe that is intentional.”
The stories Westminster staff are still afraid to tell.
In The Open Secret, a new podcast series from Sky News, political correspondent @wizbates@twitter.com hears from people who have been scared to speak out about inappropriate behaviour.
“I’ve only got two years”. That is what Liz Truss told Kwasi Kwarteng when he told her - after the mini budget - to slow down the frenetic pace of change. He replied “you will have two months if you carry on like this”. She had two weeks. @TalkTV@twitter.com @tnewtondunn@twitter.com
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