Scarcely a day seems to pass without social-media platform Twitter being in the news headlines - and this weekend was no different.
It has now emerged that employees in the UK who face being axed have been given until tomorrow morning to nominate someone to represent them in a formal consultation about their employment.
Under British employment law, a consultation has to be carried out before redundancies can be made.
Half of Twitter’s 7,500 staff around the world are expected to lose their jobs following the £39billion takeover by high-profile entrepreneur Elon Musk.
This comes after he said he had "no choice" but to cut staff numbers.
Mr Musk said the firm is currently losing around £3.5million per day.
Long time for deal to complete
He first announced he wanted to buy Twitter in April, but it took many months for the deal to go through.
In July, the tech billionaire said he had pulled out of the sale because he had not been given enough information on how many real, active Twitter users there were.
Twitter responded by taking him to court so that he would honour the sale.
The court case was then stalled when Mr Musk announced that he had bought the platform at the end of October.
The BBC reports that there is uncertainty over Mr Musk's plans for the platform's future.
Online safety groups and campaigners have expressed concerns about his plans to relax content moderation and reverse permanent Twitter bans given to controversial figures, including former US president Donald Trump.
Users can get blue-tick
Another Twitter development at the weekend was it confirming plans to allow users to buy blue-tick verified status.
The company said the feature would be open to users in certain countries who sign up to its Twitter Blue service for £7 per month.
The BBC says the policy change is controversial, amid concerns that the platform could be swamped with fake accounts.
The sought-after blue tick was previously only available to high-profile or influential individuals and organisations - who were asked to prove their identity. It has been used as a sign that a profile is authentic, and is a key tool to help users identify reliable information on the platform.
The policy change may fuel worries that government figures, celebrities, journalists and brands could be impersonated by any user willing to pay a monthly fee.
FTSE 100
The UK's top share index, the FTSE 100, was down 37 points at 7,297 shortly after opening this morning, following Friday’s 146-point surge.
Brent crude futures had slipped 1.33% to $97.26 a barrel.
Companies reporting today
- Third-quarter results: Beazley