There was skepticism on social media. The person behind the prank said his name was "Rahul Ligma" and that he had a copy of "Becoming" in his hand. The other person said he was named Daniel Johnson.
After the duo spoke to the media, CNBC, the Daily Mail, and NBC reported layoffs. Bosa said it was happening. The entire team let go. Two of them.
"They are visibly shaken," Bosa added. "Daniel tells us he owns a Tesla and doesn't know how he's going to make payments...." Twitter employees have feared for months that Musk would enact sweeping layoffs at the company once his $44 billion takeover was complete. Those fears escalated last week after the Washington Post reported Musk was planning to cut 75% of Twitter's 7,500-employee workforce. Musk immediately fired several executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal, but it's still unclear how many employees will be ousted. He denied the 75% figure was accurate while meeting with Twitter employees earlier this week.A source familiar with the situation told the Post that Twitter employees feel as though they're "in limbo," with no one having a clear idea of how many layoffs are coming. "People are just keeping their heads down until they see what happens," the source said. The source added that remaining employees are fearful about speaking to the media now that Musk has assumed control of the company. "Folks don't want to get fired for leaking," the source said.
The Verge spotted the footage — and then added that "Since we're doing this, here are some other ridiculous things said by Ligma and his box-bearing associate." "It makes me worry about the future of our democracy... the future of celebrity conservatorship. I mean, when Britney [Spears] happened...."
"I even own a Tesla, man. I'm a big fan of clean energy, climate change, even free speech too."
"Let the good times roll" and "Comedy is now legal" were written by Musk earlier today.
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