New York: Elon Musk has denied a New York Times report that he plans to lay off Twitter workers before the start of next month to avoid having to make payouts.
Replying to a Twitter user asking about the report, he said: “This is false.”
Last week, Mr Musk completed his $44bn (£37.9bn) takeover of the social media platform after months of legal wrangling.
The buyout saw the exit of the firm’s top bosses – including its chief executive, chairman and finance chief.
At the weekend, The New York Times reported that Mr Musk had ordered major job cuts across Twitter’s workforce.
However after denying the New York Times job cuts report, Mr Musk tweeted a screen shot of a New York Times headline about him posting a link to a “site known to publish false news”.
This is fake – I did *not* tweet out a link to The New York Times! pic.twitter.com/d6V6m5ATW2
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 31, 2022
Elon Musk denies report he plans to fire workers to avoid payouts
The New York Times headline referred to a reply Mr Musk had posted, and then deleted, at the weekend to a tweet by former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
His reply contained a link to a conspiracy theory about an assault on Paul Pelosi, husband of US House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
