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Widespread Twitter layoffs begin a week after Musk takeover

Elon Musk arrives at Baron Investment Conference at the Metropolitan Opera House, Friday, November 4, 2022, in New York. [AP Photo]

Twitter began widespread layoffs Friday as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the social platform.

The company had told employees by email that they would find out by 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) if they had been laid off. The email did not say how many of the roughly 7,500 employees would lose their jobs.

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