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Citing two people reportedly familiar with Twitter’s operations and attrition rate, Insider reports that about 100 employees left the social media company in the three weeks after Tesla CEO and putative Twitter buyer Elon Musk spoke to the platform’s employees in June. As of late September, Twitter reportedly saw a net loss of over 700 full-time employees worldwide. Many who left the company cited Musk and the “instability” surrounding his proposed acquisition of Twitter as their reason for leaving, Insider reports. “The general morale is so low. But for sure, people started to leave because of Elon,” an employee observed. A Twitter spokesperson noted that the company expected an increased level of attrition even before Musk made his offer for the business.

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Florida has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a state law aimed at stopping social media companies from restricting users' political speech after a federal appeals court blocked it earlier this year. The law, which had been challenged by industry group NetChoice, would require social media companies to disclose the rules they use for banning or censoring users and to apply them consistently, and would limit their ability to ban candidates for political office from their platforms.

Witnesses can now give evidence via WhatsApp, the UK’s Court of Appeal has said. The messaging platform, which uses end-to-end encryption, is “capable of being regarded as sufficiently secure” for giving evidence in open court, Lord Justice Holroyde held. The issue arose in an appeal brought by Abdul Kadir, who was convicted after a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court in London and sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment. He argued that Judge Caroline English was wrong to refuse to allow his half-brother to give evidence from Bangladesh via WhatsApp, an argument which was rejected by the Court of Appeal in July.

US payroll company Deel is advertising a job opening for what is described as a "digital nomad e-van-gelist." The successful applicant will travel around New Zealand and Australia for six months in a fitted-out sleeper van, and create content about the experience as they go. The six-month contractor position pays NZ$5,000 per month and includes additional funds to cover expenses such as food, petrol, and parking. "As advocates of remote, hybrid, flexible, and global work, we want to hire some to help share our story," Deel’s job advertisement reads.

Journalist Adam Rawnsley, a Rolling Stone contributor and Bellingcat reporter, jokes that Russia’s defence minister will be unhappy now that his troops appear to have picked up on a recent Western workplace phenomenon: