CBS News has decided to suspend its Twitter activities as Elon Musk's takeover of the company led to the diaspora of a large portion of its workers, raising concerns and speculations that the platform will meet its demise sooner or later.
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"Uncertainty Around Twitter"
According to a report by Jonathan Vigliotti, national correspondent for CBS News, "In light of the uncertainty around Twitter and out of an abundance of caution, CBS News is pausing its activity on the social media site as it continues to monitor the platform."
The San Francisco station KPIX, owned by CBS, also posted a statement on its Twitter account on Friday with the same wording.
As reported first by NBC, a program released at 3:38 p.m. ET has been retweeted as the most recent post on @CBSNews.
The most recent tweet from @CBSNews is a repost of a story on Attorney General Merrick Garland appointing a special counsel to lead investigations into Donald Trump, which was posted at 3:38 p.m. ET.
The decision by CBS News to withdraw from Twitter comes a little more than three weeks after Musk took control of the firm; ever since then, Twitter's workforce has decreased to around 33%.
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Twitter's Diaspora
On Thursday, Nov. 7, Musk gave Twitter employees a choice to commit to "hardcore" work or resign with severance money, which ultimately led to the diaspora of many workers.
With a headcount currently estimated to be around 2,500, concerns have been raised regarding Twitter's capacity to maintain the service reliably and securely after the technical team for the bird app and other staff reportedly left the platform on Thursday.
In a recent email to the company's software developers, Elon Musk requested that any available individuals come to its San Francisco offices to help him "better understand" his newly-owned platform.
Anyone available is asked to come to the office for an after-hours discussion regarding Twitter's codes, notably its tech stack, according to the billionaire.
The new Chief Twit has appeared to send mixed signals to Twitter employees since he previously stated that the company would close its San Francisco headquarters and reopen on Monday of the following week.
However, the Twitter CEO reportedly asks "anyone who writes software" to report to the office in an internal email that CNBC obtained.
But despite concerns and speculations that the bird app will shut down soon, Musk wrote in a recent tweet that Twitter "is alive."
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Written by Jace Dela Cruz
