Twitter Reportedly Slashes Public Policy Team

Twitter Reportedly Slashes Public Policy Team 

View counts are being added to tweets

Public policy apparently isn’t hardcore enough for Elon Musk, either.

Despite regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. and abroad, Twitter laid off members of its public policy team Wednesday night, Erin Woo of The Information reported.

It was unclear how many people were affected, and anyone at Twitter answering questions from the media is long gone, but Woo shared a tweet from public policy team member Theodora Skeadas reporting her layoff and saying that one-half of the team was eliminated.

https://twitter.com/theodoraskeadas/status/1605953310451720195

In other news, Musk said in a tweet Thursday that a view count feature is being added to tweets, writing, “This is normal for video.

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David Cohen is the freelance editor at ADWEEK.