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Elon Musk fired top Twitter engineer because he wasn’t getting enough views: Report

By Christopher Hutton
Published February 9, 2023 9:49pm ET
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Elon Musk fired top Twitter engineer because he wasn’t getting enough views: Report
FILE- In this June 14, 2018, file photo Tesla CEO and founder of the Boring Company Elon Musk speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Musk says he's in talks with the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund about taking the electric car and solar panel maker private, but no deal has been finalized. Musk says in a blog posted Monday, Aug. 13, that most of the funding would be in stock rather than debt. | (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Elon Musk fired a top Twitter engineer after being told that his declining engagement on the platform could have been due to shrinking interest, an episode that highlights the company’s internal struggles under its new owner.

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