Twitter temporarily closes offices as layoffs begin
SHEILA DANG, KATIE PAUL and MARTIN COULTER TWITTER Inc temporarily closed its offices and cut workers' access to internal systems after telling employees they would be informed by email about whether they were being laid off. The move follows a week of chaos and uncertainty about the company's future under new owner Elon Musk. The social media company said in an email to staff it would tell them by 9 a.m. Pacific time on Friday (12 p.m. EDT/1600 GMT) about staff cuts. "In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of…
