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Twitter has blocked its developers from making changes to the app to prevent it being sabotaged by left-wing staff angry at Elon Musk's $44billion takeover - amid an outbreak of hysteria among liberal social media personalities who are threatening to quit the social media giant.  

The Tesla founder said he wanted to re-establish the principle of free speech on the platform and has joined criticism of its moderation policies which are accused of disproportionately targeting conservative voices, but his critics claim he will allow 'hate to flourish'. 

Twitter has now banned any product updates that are not 'business-critical', with the company's vice-president required to give approval for any to go ahead. The move aims to prevent angry staff from 'going rogue', a source told Bloomberg, and comes after employees dismissed Musk as 'dangerous to democracy'. 

Twitter shares dropped 1.72% in early trading on the NASDAQ today to reach $50.81, after surging from $45 when Musk submitted his initial bid to buy the company on April 14. 

The deal is set to be completed in six months, with staff told their jobs are only guaranteed up to that point but 'no layoffs are planned' at the social media platform, which is highly influential among media circles despite having a smaller user base than Facebook. 

It comes as actress Jameela Jamil led the charge of left-leaning celebrities announcing they would abandon Twitter after Musk's purchase, declaring that she would no longer be tweeting because his 'free speech bid' would end in 'lawless hate, bigotry and misogyny'. 

Rob Reiner, star of 1970s sitcom All In The Family, said he feared 'criminal' Mr Trump would now have his account reactivated, although the former president has ruled out a return and says he will stay on his own 'TRUTH Social' platform. 

Actress turned left-wing activist Mia Farrow said she may leave the app 'for peace of mind',  The View's Sunny Hostin said Musk was only interested in protecting the 'free speech of straight white men' and Democrat US senator Elizabeth Warren described the deal as 'dangerous for democracy'. 

Human rights groups also raised concerns about the deal, with Amnesty International saying it was concerned about any potential decision that Twitter may take after Musk's takeover to take a laxer approach to tackling 'hate speech'. 

Meanwhile, left-leaning California-based employees bombarded the site and internal message boards with attacks on Musk, and raised fears they would now be forced to stop working from home under the new regime. 

Among those whining about the takeover was software engineer Addison Howenstine, who tweeted using asterisks to make the post harder to search for. 

He wrote: 'POV: You asked me why El*n M*sk is buying 9.2% of Tw*tter and getting a board seat is bad and I'm explaining why this was clearly not his end goal and things will certainly get worse and potentially be dangerous for democracy and global affairs.' 

Musk's purchase will see substantial changes, with the self-described 'free speech absolutist' expected to take a more permissive approach to moderation after a series of scandals including the platform's decision to bury a story about Hunter Biden's infamous laptop. 

Twitter initially froze the New York Post's main account after it published the story and demanded it delete tweets linking to the Biden articles. It initially justified the ban by citing a prohibition of distributing hacked material, before backing down when the story was proven to be legitimate. 

Musk has also suggested Twitter - which will now move off the New York Stock Exchange - could move towards a subscription-based model and a shift away from advertising which currently generates 90% of its overall revenue.

His purchase of Twitter is likely to see substantial changes implemented on the social media platform with everything from longer tweets and paid subscriptions using 'joke' cryptocurrency Dogecoin all within the realm of possibility.

Musk is said to favor temporary 'timeouts' for users who break the new rules, rather than permanent bans such as those given to Donald Trump. 

Other mooted changes include blue verification checkmarks for anyone who subscribes to Twitter's premium Blue service, which costs $2.99 a month.




The world's richest man Elon Musk last night secured a blockbuster £34billion deal to buy Twitter in one of the most dramatic takeovers in corporate history 





Jamil said she would no longer be tweeting because his 'free speech bid' would end in 'lawless hate, bigotry and misogyny' 











Twitter staff immediately began complaining about Musk's takeover, including software engineer Geraint Davies 











Chloe Barnes, Twitter's lead for global curation standards, added: 'Totally understand that this is entertainment for some. But please know that this is certainly not entertainment for me' 















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Musk tweeted last night: 'I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.'




Twitter shares dropped 1.72% in early trading on the NASDAQ today to reach $50.81, after surging from $45 when Musk submitted his initial bid to buy the company on April 14

But actress Jameela Jamil, 37, said she wasn't having it. 'Ah he got twitter,' she said.

'I would like this to be my what lies here as my last tweet. Just really *any* excuse to show pics of Barold,' she added, attaching a photo of the poodle mix she shares with her boyfriend, musician James Blake.

'I fear this free speech bid is going to help this hell platform reach its final form of totally lawless hate, bigotry, and misogyny. Best of luck.' 

Jamil has since been widely mocked by people in her replies claiming that she's far too much of an attention-seeker to stay off the platform.

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