Laid-Off Twitter Employees Sound Off About Company’s “Red Wedding”

Dave Cormack took to Twitter to reveal the story behind an image of a man celebrating the recapture of the Ukrainian city Kherson - wearing an Aberdeen jacket. On Friday Ukrainian troops liberated the city which had been under Russian control since the onslaught of the invasion last March.

Doja Cat is no longer called Christmas. That’s the big news today.The rapper changed her name on Twitter earlier this week to the prematurely festive moniker.

Doja Cat changed her Twitter name to 'fart' after going straight to the company's new boss Elon Musk for help in changing her moniker on the social networking site. 'I don't wanna be christmas forever @elonmusk please help i've made a mistake,' the Grammy-winning pop star, who has frequently changed her name in the past, wrote to Elon on Wednesday.A half a day later and it appears the high-profile billionaire has lived up to his promise, writing her back late Thursday morning: '@DojaCat You should be able to change your name now.' Twitter lobby: Doja Cat, 27, used profanity to get the attention of Elon Musk so she could get help changing her screen name from Christmas, and 12 hours later the new Twitter boss hits her back that the problem was fixed New name: The Say So singer has since changed her Twitter name to 'fart' In the end, it took Musk about 12 hours to get back to her and tell her the problem with her name had been fixed.The songstress' new Twitter username is now 'fart.'  Doja's (born Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini) problems all started when she changed her name to Christmas before Twitter enacted a new policy, leaving her to settle with the seasonable handle. In fact, the performer's dilemma commenced not long after Musk, who purchased Twitter last month, announced that a change in a user's online name would result in the temporary loss of a checkmark. Not wanting to have to continue on as Christmas for the foreseeable future, Doja begged for someone to help her.

After recently laying off half of Twitter’s employees and on the same day that three of the company’s top security executives quit, the world’s wealthiest man reportedly told Twitter’s remaining product team members that the company he just bought could see “net negative cash flow of several billion dollars” in 2023 and “bankruptcy is not out of the question” if that happens.

Doja Cat complained about her Twitter name with a set of tweets that were shared to her account in Wednesday evening.The 27-year-old rapper recently changed her name to Christmas and has been regretting her new online moniker, and she took to her account in an effort to contact someone who could potentially help her with the matter.The Say So performer's dilemma commenced not long after Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, announced that a change in a Twitter user's online name would result in the temporary loss of a checkmark.

New Twitter owner Elon Musk presided over a rambling, hourlong appeal to advertisers, defending the newly instituted $8-a-month blue-check verification program and vowing to make the social platform “a force for good.”

Bye to the bird app. Controversial entrepreneur Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has led to many polarizing opinions — and many stars’ departures from the social media platform.

Whoopi Goldberg has quit Twitter. The 66-year-old actress has announced that she's walking away from the micro-blogging platform after it was recently acquired by Tesla boss Elon Musk. Speaking on 'The View', Whoopi explained: "So it has been a little over a week since Elon Musk took over Twitter and the place, it’s a mess.

Kathy Griffin was suspended from Twitter but found a way to return to the digital platform by using her deceased mother’s account.

Kathy Griffin lost her privilege of “free speech” on Twitter after her account was suspended. This was followed by a tweet from Elon Musk warning people about “engaging in impersonation.”

The $8 War of the Blue Checks is heating up.

Forget crime, energy, immigration, inflation. It’s Twitter’s tweets that are keeping President Joe Biden up at night.

Katie Hopkins, 47, has been making plans to travel around the country, but has since had to scrap one date on her upcoming live theatre tour after just 24 hours thanks to a backlash from furious locals.The cancellation was prompted after a petition created by local residents where she planned to take her show for one date said she was not welcome in their town.Katie was initially booked to host Katie Hopkins Live in 2023 at the Bedford Corn Exchange, Bedford, some time next year. However, local residents launched a petition against the former Apprentice contestant and accused her of being "Islamophobic and homophobic".The petition to stop Katie from coming to Bedford, which began on a website called 38 Degrees, gained 50 signatures calling for her show to be cancelled within 24 hours.The next day, a Bedford Borough Council spokesperson announced that the event had been cancelled on the grounds that it did not support the city's diverse community.According to The Mirror, the petition read: “[Katie Hopkins] is well known for her Islamophobic, homophobic speeches and rants…“She does not belong in our proudly multi-racial, diverse town.

As Twitter employees face mass layoffs starting today, new overlord Elon Musk says the platform has seen “a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers.”

Piers later took to Twitter to hit out at Amber, as he suggested she should "stop playing the victim" in her first TV interview since the trial.Speaking to NBC’s Savannah Guthrie about social media representation, Amber said: "You cannot tell me that you think that this has been fair.”Sharing a sneak peek of the interview in his tweet, Piers lashed out: “The jurors didn’t read any of the social media stuff, they listened to the evidence & concluded she was lying.“I suggest it’s time for Ms Heard to stop playing the victim.”His claims divided other social media users, who replied to his post stating their views.JandEsdad said: “Image if Depp had lost..would they put him on TV as the victim? We all know the answer would be no.”Oce4n4 claimed: “She really cannot face the fact that she was absolutely miserable on the stand and her evidence don't match the accounts of DV she allegedly suffered.That's why she lost, not because of ‘power and fame’.” (sic)Following the verdict from the jury, a statement issued by Amber's representatives read: "The disappointment I feel today is beyond words. I'm heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence, and sway of my ex-husband."I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women.

Twitter has reportedly sent out a company-wide email warning its estimated 7,500 employees that layoffs will start Friday.

TalkTV host Piers Morgan, 57, excitedly shared the news that he had hit eight million followers on his Twitter account this afternoon. In celebration of the significant milestone, the former Good Morning Britain presenter suggested that Elon Musk, 51, who recently purchased Twitter, should help him celebrate the achievement. Just after 2PM today, Piers Tweeted out to his large fanbase: “BREAKING: I now have eight million followers."He then added: “P.S.

Gary Lineker, 61, spoke openly on The News Agents podcast where he said that Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover could have a negative impact as he drew attention to the fine line between freedom of speech and hate speech.The Match of the Day presenter said that the CEO of Tesla Motors needs to be very careful before saying that in his opinion Elon, 51, isn’t that good at Twitter anyway.“He is kind of a strange chap,” Gary started by saying to podcast presenters Lewis Goodall and Emily Maitlis.“If you are going to spend 40 odd billion on Twitter you ought to be really good at tweeting but I have not been overly impressed so far.”Chuckling to himself, Gary went on to say that he was unsure if the policy of paying $8 a month (£7) for individuals to keep their blue tick was “actually going to be a thing”.Seemingly unbothered about keeping his verified blue tick or not, Emily then posed the question to Gary if he thinks that Twitter will change at all under the control of Elon.To which Gary replied: “I think he needs to be very careful because there is a big difference between freedom of speech and hate speech.“I think you need to differentiate between the two.“You can’t just let people say and do whatever they want, that is dangerous isn’t it?”Gary’s hesitancy towards Elon comes after the multi-billionaire has dissolved Twitter’s board of directors, making him chief executive of three companies alongside Tesla and SpaceX.Alongside this is Elon’s well known proposal for Twitter’s future, making it a haven for “free speech”.Having not revealed how he intends to make it so, the businessman has said publicly that the site will be “forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints”.In a recent tweet, Elon, who has 113

James Corden, 44, has revealed whether or not he intentionally copied a joke told by Ricky Gervais, 61, on his chat show last night.The star took to Twitter to update his 1.5 million followers, after accusations of plagiarising the comic. James wrote: “Inadvertently told a brilliant Ricky Gervais joke on the show last night, obviously not knowing it came from him. “It’s brilliant, because it’s a Ricky Gervais joke,” he continued. “You can watch all Ricky’s excellent specials on Netflix.