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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Musk says he has ‘too much on plate’ amid reports of more Twitter job cuts

Elon Musk image on smartphone and printed Twitter logos
Elon Musk said his workload ‘has recently increased quite a lot’. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Elon Musk has said he has “too much work on my plate” as it was reported that Twitter has axed more than 4,000 contractors working in areas including content moderation and engineering.

The Tesla chief executive and the social media platform’s new owner told the B20 business leaders’ conference in Bali that “my workload has recently increased quite a lot”, in apparent reference to his $44bn (£37bn) acquisition of the social media platform on 27 October.

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