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In his first official week at Twitter, Elon Musk tried on a few new titles for himself, including Chief Twit and Twitter Complaint Hotline Operator.<\/p>\n

He also clapped back at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-N.Y.) with a taunt about paying for her blue checkmark and pleaded with famed author Stephen King to pay for his checkmark.<\/p>\n

The world’s richest man also unveiled a plan to terminate almost 3,700 employees<\/a> at the social media company \u2014 about half of its workforce \u2014 \u201cin a bid to drive down costs following his $44 billion acquisition,\u201d Bloomberg reported. Meanwhile third-party estimates from Bot Sentinel suggested that more than 875,000 users deactivated their accounts<\/a> between Oct. 27 and Nov. 1, while half a million more were suspended, according to MIT Technology Review.<\/p>\n

That all followed Musk seizing control at the social network by ousting senior leadership<\/a>, including CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal and policy head Vijaya Gadde one week earlier. And two days after Musk promised advertisers the platform would not become a \u201cfree-for-all hellscape,\u201d<\/a> he gave credibility to and spread disinformation about the recent attack on Paul Pelosi<\/a>, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, in a tweet replying<\/a> to former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential election popular vote winner Hillary Clinton. Musk later deleted the tweet about Paul Pelosi.<\/p>\n

Since then, Musk said the company would not allow<\/a> \u201canyone who was de-platformed for violating Twitter rules back on platform until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

See what cartoonists from around the world are saying about the new Chief Twit:<\/p>\n

\"Twitter
Twitter Demise by Monte Wolverton, Battle Ground, WA <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Public
Public Safety Sign For Members of Congress by R.J. Matson, Portland, ME <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Trojan Tweet by Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News, NY <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Musk’s Twitter by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Political
Political Cartoons- Chief Twit Elon Musk’s first weeks at Twitter <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Musk’s Twitter Halloween by Christopher Weyant, CagleCartoons.com <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In addition to firing several top executives and unveiling a plan to lay off about half of the company’s workforce, Musk has bickered with celebrities and come under fire for a tweet about Paul Pelosi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":878,"featured_media":8652805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"subheadline":"The tech titan fired top execs, unveiled a plan to lay off thousands of workers and drew fire for a controversial 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