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Chloe Taylor

Elon Musk’s mood swings at Twitter made his ‘fanatical inner circle’ too afraid to tell him the truth, says ex-Twitter exec

Twitter owner Elon Musk is seen with a Twitter logo in this photo illustration (Credit: STR/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

Elon Musk’s turbulent takeover of Twitter saw him establish a sycophantic inner circle of loyalists who were too afraid to tell him the truth, a former director at the firm has claimed.

In a video posted to the platform on Wednesday, the company’s ex-director of product management Esther Crawford—who went viral last year after posting a photo of herself sleeping on the floor at Twitter HQ in a sleeping bag—shared her opinions on X and its future under Elon Musk.

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