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Analysis: Car-crash viewing as Elon Musk drives Tesla and Twitter into tricky territory

A lawsuit taken by investors in his car company is just one of several issues coming back to bite the billionaire entrepreneur as shares continue to plummet at the social media company he bought for $44 billion

The Big Picture

Vincent Boland: Fifty years on from joining the EEC, we have many reasons to celebrate

In 1973, Ireland was a dismal place with a declining population and poor life expectancy; in the 50 years since as Europeans, we have become richer, healthier, we live longer and are better educated

Sinead McSweeney settles with Twitter after action over job cuts by Elon Musk

Twitter’s global vice-president for public policy had secured an injunction preventing Twitter from terminating her employment amid swingeing job cuts imposed by its billionaire owner

EU warns Musk of sanctions over Twitter ban of journalists

Twitter suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists — including from the Washington Post, CNN, and the New York Times — covering the social network’s billionaire owner Elon Musk

Twitter stops policing Covid-19 misinformation under Musk

More than 11,000 accounts had been suspended and over 97,000 pieces of misleading content removed from the time Twitter introduced its policy in January 2020

Jess Kelly: Social media need not be a hellscape

It’s not all bad on social media, a bit of muting and blocking can ensure your experience stays positive

Tech Regulation

Data Protection Commission seeks clarity from Twitter over Brussels office closure

Key location for tech giant to engage in European regulation had been reduced to just two executives following Elon Musk’s staff cuts

Mass layoffs at Twitter could hinder severance payouts

Job cuts expected to exceed 140 announced as absence of key HR staff could delay payments for others departing

Musk celebrates new Twitter usage high as engineers flee company

Twitter decided to abruptly shut its offices on Thursday after many employees reacted negatively to Musk’s ultimatum of either staying for a new “hardcore” work environment or leaving with three months’ severance

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Musk tells staff to accept ‘hardcore’ Twitter or leave

Twitter employees must make online pledge by Thursday or quit

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Insightful analysis of the main developments in business and politics from our team of writers, including Elaine Byrne, Dan O’Brien and Lucinda Creighton

Elaine Byrne: Does the truth matter to Musk – or is it up to Europe’s watchman now?

In a world where facts are increasingly seen as irrelevant and lies usurp reality, the Data Protection Commission must step up to the plate

Twitter starts laying off Irish staff as mass job cuts begin

More than 500 people are employed at the company’s Dublin office, which is its European headquarters

No word on plans for Irish staff as Twitter looks to cut half of jobs

The move comes following the company’s takeover by billionaire Elon Musk

Tweed raises alarm over Musk’s planned Twitter free-for-all

Tesla multibillionaire’s buyout of the platform has raised concerns over lack of regulation leading to hate speech, defamation and online harm

Elon Musk to scrap lifelong user bans as he takes control of Twitter

A stream of executives have left as the billionaire completed his takeover of the social media firm

Up for debate: The best from the Business Post’s columnists

Insightful analysis of the main developments in business and politics from our team of writers, including Lucinda Creighton, Matt Cooper and Vincent Boland

The Big Picture

Vincent Boland: How the tantrum-prone Tesla tycoon caved on Twitter deal

Elon Musk didn’t win one concession from the social media platform, so he finally stopped whingeing and will pay the original asking price of $44 billion. Now he has to try to recoup some of that cash

Elon Musk revives $44bn Twitter bid

The Tesla chief and social media company were set to take their dispute to trial later this month