Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
France 24
France 24
World

No, Elon Musk didn’t fire a Twitter employee live on the radio

This video, shared on October 30, 2022, appears to show Elon Musk firing the former head of Twitter’s legal team in the midst of a podcast interview. Turns out, this video is actually a montage made of old videos. © Observers

Twitter users have been circulating a video that appears to show Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, firing an employee in the middle of an appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast. Certain corners of Twitter, frustrated by limits on what they could tweet, have been celebrating Musk’s takeover, saying that he will “return freedom of expression” to the platform. They saw this public firing as the first step, claiming that Vijaya Gedde, the employee in the video, had been “responsible for censorship”. But Musk didn’t fire Gedde publicly: this video is a montage of footage from two different interviews. 

If you only have a minute:

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.