Ex-Twitter executive says Musk fired him for raising security concerns
- Twitter's former head of information security filed a lawsuit against X, alleging he was fired for opposing a request that would have violated an FTC order.
- The former head of information security at Twitter accused owner Elon Musk and his associates of demanding cuts to safety systems that threatened public safety.
- The former employee is seeking severance pay, a bonus, and compensation after being terminated without notice.
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Former Twitter head of information security claims he was fired after raising concerns about cost cuts at Elon Musk’s company
By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The former head of information security at Twitter, now called X, is accusing the company of firing him after he objected to demands by owner Elon Musk and his associates to make cuts to safety systems. Shortly after Musk’s takeover of Twitter late last year, the billionaire’s leadership team demanded cuts to physical and digital security that threatened to put the company out of compliance with multiple regu…
Former Twitter head of information security claims he was fired after raising concerns about cost cuts at Elon Musk’s company
The former head of information security at Twitter, now called X, is accusing the company of firing him after he objected to demands by owner Elon Musk and his associates to make cuts to safety systems.
Ex-Twitter executive says Musk fired him for raising security concerns
A former executive who worked under Elon Musk after he purchased Twitter filed a lawsuit against the tech billionaire, claiming he was fired for raising concerns about security issues on the platform now known as X. Alan Rosa, the former head of Twitter’s global information security, filed the suit in a New Jersey federal court…
Ex-Twitter security head claims the company fired him to flout regulations
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Alan Rosa, former head of security for Twitter, filed a lawsuit against X, Elon Musk, and company adviser Steve Davis, alleging that he was wrongly fired for protesting Musk-led cost-cutting measures. Lawyers for Rosa wrote in the complaint that the cuts hampered Twitter’s ability to comply with the regulatory demands of the Federal Trade Commission and the European Commission. The lawsu…
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