{"id":1934741,"date":"2023-05-20T09:53:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T13:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-officials-open-investigation-into-twitter\/"},"modified":"2023-05-20T09:55:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T13:55:50","slug":"san-francisco-officials-open-investigation-into-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-officials-open-investigation-into-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"SF officials probe Twitter."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsan-francisco-officials-open-investigation-into-twitter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1934741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>San Francisco Officials Investigate Twitter Over Alleged Law Breaking<\/h2>\n<p>Twitter, owned by Elon Musk, is under investigation by San Francisco officials after six former employees claimed that Musk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-officials-open-investigation-into-twitter\/\" title=\"SF officials probe Twitter.\">leadership team broke laws<\/a> by turning the company\u2019s headquarters into a \u201cTwitter Hotel\u201d for workers. The employees were allegedly asked to stay up late to transform the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcs-hotel-harrington-closes-for-january-6-pro-trump-march-after-pressure-over-proud-boys\/\" title=\"DC\u2019s Hotel Harrington Closes for January 6 Pro-Trump March After Pressure Over Proud Boys\">city officials<\/a> are opening their latest investigation into the company that Musk took over late last year. The former employees, including a woman who had been vice president of real estate, alleged in a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Delaware that Twitter didn\u2019t pay them promised severance. Twitter is seeking to dismiss the case.<\/p>\n<h3>Allegations of Building Code Violations<\/h3>\n<p>The former employees also allege that Musk\u2019s team ordered numerous changes to the company\u2019s headquarters in a 1930s Art Deco building in downtown San Francisco that violated building codes. Those changes included disabling lights and adding locks that wouldn\u2019t open during an emergency, according to the lawsuit. One of the plaintiffs is Tracy Hawkins, Twitter\u2019s former vice president of real estate and workplace, who was responsible for managing the company\u2019s physical offices and leases.<\/p>\n<h3>Musk\u2019s Takeover<\/h3>\n<p>The lawsuit says Hawkins wasn\u2019t initially opposed to Musk\u2019s takeover but \u201cwas forced to resign when Elon Musk and his transition team insisted that she violate her professional ethics by causing Twitter to intentionally breach its leases and other contracts.\u201d The lawsuit claims Musk refused to pay rent on the building. This is not the first time San Francisco officials have tussled with Musk, who bought Twitter for $44 billion in October and dismissed much of its workforce as he converted a part of the company\u2019s headquarters into bedrooms.<\/p>\n<h3>Twitter\u2019s Response<\/h3>\n<p>This year, San Francisco building inspectors gave Twitter\u2019s construction contractor two weeks to submit a corrected building use permit if the company wanted to keep using two conference rooms as bedrooms. The city launched an investigation in December after Forbes reported on the beds, prompting owner Musk to lash out at San Francisco Mayor London Breed. \u201cSo city of SF attacks companies providing beds for tired employees instead of making sure kids are safe from fentanyl. Where are your priorities @LondonBreed!?\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>San Francisco officials are investigating Twitter after six former employees alleged owner Elon Musk\u2019s leadership team broke laws in turning the company\u2019s headquarters into a \u201cTwitter Hotel\u201d for workers.<\/li>\n<li>The former employees, including a woman who had been vice president of real estate, alleged in a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Delaware that Twitter didn\u2019t pay them promised severance.<\/li>\n<li>The lawsuit claims Musk refused to pay rent on the building.<\/li>\n<li>This is not the first time San Francisco officials have tussled with Musk, who bought Twitter for $44 billion in October and dismissed much of its workforce as he converted a part of the company\u2019s headquarters into bedrooms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The post San Francisco Officials Open Investigation Into Twitter appeared first on The Western Journal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>probe into Twitter, following allegations by six ex-employees that Elon Musk&#8217;s leadership team violated laws by turning the company&#8217;s HQ into a &#8220;Twitter Hotel&#8221;. Workers were reportedly asked to stay up late to transform the social media platform. 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