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X, formerly known as Twitter, is an online service that lets users send and read short messages. The site is used by celebrities, brands and journalists to distribute news directly to their fans. The site was launched in July 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass. The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange on November 7, 2013. The company was purchased by Elon Musk, for $44 billion, in September 2022 and rebranded as X on July 24, 2023.

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30 Oct, 2022

Musk: NYT Twitter severance payouts story is ‘false’

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Musk denies a story by The New York Times [link] that he plans to lay off employees before the start of November to avoid having to make special payouts as part of their compensation deals.

This is false