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submitted 1 year ago by mwguy@infosec.pub to c/technology@beehaw.org

By Nkechi Ogbonna BBC News, Lagos


Sacked Twitter staffers in Africa are threatening to sue the company for failing to pay out the redundancy money they say they were promised.

Most had only been in the job a matter of months when the social media platform, now known as X, told them they were fired last November.

"It's difficult when it's the world's richest man owing you money and closure," one of the sacked workers tells the BBC.

The BBC has approached X for comment several times but was rebuffed with, among other things, a smiling poo emoji.

A more recent attempt received this response: "Busy now, please check back later."

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[-] lemann@lemmy.one 22 points 1 year ago

The BBC has approached X for comment several times but was rebuffed with, among other things, a smiling poo emoji.

I like that reporters are leaving this fact in.

Imagine having some sensitive content of yours exposed on Twitter, you ask to get it removed... and get a poo emoji as a response 🤦‍♂️

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