Australian Twitter staff shut out as global purge begins

 Twitter Australia staff were being locked out of their company accounts on Friday as billionaire Elon Musk’s job cuts hit the local office in Sydney, which employs about 40 people.

Musk told confidants he planned to eliminate half of Twitter’s workforce to slash costs at the social media platform he acquired for $US44 billion ($70 billion) last month.

Local staff in marketing and news curation were shut out of Twitter’s systems after receiving an email flagging lay-offs but without any official confirmation that their jobs were being axed. Others were waiting to see if they will still have a job come Monday.

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