Sources: some internal estimates show that at least 1,200 full-time Twitter employees resigned on Thursday; Twitter had about 3,700 staff after mass layoffs (New York Times)

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Twitter has been sued in San Francisco federal court for conducting mass layoffs without providing the required notice of at least 60 days under the WARN Act  —  Twitter Inc. was sued over Elon Musk’s plan to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at the social-media platform — half of its workforce …

Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
In an email to its employees, Twitter says that layoffs across its global workforce will begin on Friday to “place Twitter on a healthy path”  —  Employees said the layoffs came across teams, as Twitter broadly reduced its workforce.  Musk originally pitched investors on cutting Twitter’s staff up to 75 percent.

Alex Heath / The Verge:
Sources: at an all-hands, Elon Musk said Twitter is done with layoffs and actively recruiting for roles in engineering and sales; Twitter has 2,700+ employees  —  After purging nearly two-thirds of Twitter’s 7,500-person workforce in three weeks, Elon Musk is hiring again.

The Verge:
Sources: Twitter teams hit hardest by the layoffs span product trust and safety, policy, and fighting election misinformation ahead of next week’s US midterms  —  About half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees are now gone, with teams focused on trust and safety issues hit the hardest.

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Jack Dorsey apologizes for growing Twitter “too quickly”, amid mass layoffs; Twitter’s headcount grew from ~2,000 to 7,500+ between June 2013 and December 2021  —  – Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey apologized Saturday for growing the company “too quickly,” a day after hundreds …