Elon Musk to Speak With Twitter Employees After Internal Outcry

Elon Musk to Speak With Twitter Employees After Internal Outcry

Twitter will host Elon Musk for an AMA, or "ask me anything," session with employees after internal outcry over the Telsa and SpaceX CEO joining the social network's board of directors.

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal invited employees to the AMA, saying it would be a chance for them to ask Musk questions directly, The Washington Post reported, citing internal company messages and emails. A Twitter spokesman confirmed that Musk would join Agrawal for an AMA "soon" but didn't say when the event would take place.

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"Following our board announcement, many of you have had different types of questions about Elon Musk, and I want to welcome you to ask those questions to him," Agrawal reportedly wrote in a companywide email Thursday.

On Tuesday, Agrawal tweeted that Musk will be joining the company's board of directors. The announcement came a day after Musk disclosed he had accumulated a 9.2% stake in Twitter, making him the company's largest shareholder.

"Looking forward to working with Parag & Twitter board to make significant improvements to Twitter in coming months!," Musk tweeted after the announcement on Tuesday.

Twitter employees have reportedly expressed concerns that Musk could damage the company's culture or make it harder for workers to do their jobs at the social network. In a company Slack channel, one employee said people would likely face an HR investigation if they "tweeted some of the things Elon tweets," according to the Post. They continued: "Are board members held to the same standard?"

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Elon Musk private jet Twitter account is turning into a business

The teen who turned down $5,000 from Elon Musk to stop tracking Musk's private jet has started a business called Ground Control. Since 2020, University of Central Florida student Jack Sweeney has tracked the takeoffs and landings of Musk's private jet with a bot that chronicles that activity on Twitter.

The bot tracks Musk's jet using publicly available data, but the tech billionaire has not been amused. Musk offered Sweeney $5,000 to take down the Twitter account, according to Protocol. But Sweeney refused, saying $5,000 wasn't enough for the satisfaction he received from his work. Sweeney said he countered Musk's offer: $50,000 to take down the account, or at least an internship.

Musk didn't take the deal and eventually stopped talking to Sweeney, who has continued the Twitter account. According to Insider, Sweeney said he decided to go public when Musk lost interest in making a deal. Now Sweeney is looking to turn his hobby into a business by tracking other well-known billionaires.

Sweeney is currently selling T-shirts, stickers and hoodies featuring Musk and an airplane on the Ground Control website. When CNET asked Sweeney what people should know about his new business, he responded: "Probably just that I'll be tracking more planes."

Sweeney also created bots that track the private jets of billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos.

Musk's company Tesla didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

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