'Despite The Noise' Will Continue To Change Twitter For Better, Says CEO Parag Agrawal
Earlier this week, Elon Musk successful acquired the micro-blogging site for $44 billion after hectic parleys
New Delhi: Parag Agrawal, chief executive officer (CEO) of Twitter, on Thursday said “despite the noise” coming from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, he and his entire team will continue to do the job to change Twitter for better, reported by IANS.
He has praised the employees of Twitter who continue to do their work with focus.
Earlier this week, Musk successful acquired the micro-blogging site for $44 billion after hectic parleys.
According to reports, the Indian-origin CEO may leave or asked to go once the deal is finalised.
“I took this job to change Twitter for the better, course correct where we need to, and strengthen the service. Proud of our people who continue to do the work with focus and urgency despite the noise,” he said.
I took this job to change Twitter for the better, course correct where we need to, and strengthen the service. Proud of our people who continue to do the work with focus and urgency despite the noise.
— Parag Agrawal (@paraga) April 27, 2022
Musk, founder of SpaceX, on Thursday tweeted, “Twitter DMs should have end to end encryption like Signal, so no one can spy on or hack your messages”.
As the Twitter board accepted his takeover bid, 50-year-old Musk has been tweeting about changes that he wants to see into the social media platform. He advocated for 'free speech' to making its algorithms 'open source'.
Earlier, the Twitter CEO said that the social networking site has a purpose and relevance which also impacts the entire world.
A leaked audio clip of Agrawal that went viral where Agrawal who could be heard talking to employees after the acquisition saying that Musk will soon address their concerns soon.
"Once the deal closes, different decisions might be made. For us to gain insight into that, we'll be finding a way to have Elon talk with all of you at the soonest possible opportunity," he was quoted as saying.
According to the report, Agrawal had told employees that there would be "no layoffs at this time", while adding, "To best gain perspective on this - we'll find ways to bring Elon in for a Q&A with all of you", on concerns over 'free speech’.
The takeover deal, which was approved by the Twitter board, is likely to be completed by the end of 2022. The company said that the investors will receive $54.20 each share they own.
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