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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Ex–Twitter exec claims Elon Musk’s cost-cutting zeal gutted a federal agreement—and says he was fired for sounding the alarm

Elon Musk may pay the price for wrongfully terminating a Twitter employee. (Credit: Michael M. Santiago—Getty Images)

A former Twitter manager is suing Elon Musk and his social media company, X, in a New Jersey court, alleging the worker was wrongfully fired for trying to make sure X—formerly Twitter—held up its part of a government agreement.

Alan Rosa served as global head of information technology and security from his remote home office in the Garden State for 10 months in 2022—until he was fired a few weeks after the tycoon bought the company. 

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