Elon Musk Says Laid Off Employees Were Offered 3 Months of Severance

Twitter laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation, as advertisers pulled spending amid concerns about content moderation.

Tweets by staff of the social media company said teams responsible for communications, content curation, human rights, and machine learning ethics were among those axed, as were some product and engineering teams.

The move caps a week…