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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Beril Naz Hassan

Why is Google laying off 12,000 staff?

Google’s parent company has announced thousands of lay-offs

(Picture: Yui Mok / PA)

It’s been a turbulent few months for the world of tech and social media, as countless companies have cut tens of thousands of jobs worldwide.

At the tail end of 2022, Twitter infamously made nearly 4,000 workers redundant overnight, Snap Inc, the company behind Snapchat, cut its workforce by a fifth, and Facebook’s parent company Meta actioned 11,000 layoffs.

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