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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Shanti Das

‘Elon Musk doesn’t know what he’s doing’, says former Twitter executive

Elon Musk
‘I think Elon thought he was going to come in and solve everything and very quickly he’s going to work out that it’s far more complicated,’ said Daisley. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Elon Musk “doesn’t know what he’s doing” with Twitter and is “making everyone alarmed”, a former executive has said, after major brands paused their advertising spend on the platform and the company laid off thousands of staff.

Bruce Daisley, Twitter’s vice-president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa from 2015 to 2020, said he was devastated by the undemocratic changes at Twitter and would leave the platform with “no hesitation” if there was a good alternative.

“I think Elon thought he was going to come in and solve everything and very quickly he’s going to work out that it’s far more complicated,” he told podcast The News Agents this weekend. “It’s pretty evident from every public action that he’s taken with this whole acquisition: he doesn’t know what he’s doing.”

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