‘It’s over’: Twitter France’s Head Quits amid Layoffs

A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. (AP)
A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. (AP)
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‘It’s over’: Twitter France’s Head Quits amid Layoffs

A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. (AP)
A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. (AP)

Twitter Inc's head of French operations, Damien Viel, said he was quitting the social media platform, whose new owner Elon Musk recently fired top executives and enforced steep job cuts at the company.

"It's over," Viel tweeted on Sunday, thanking his team in France, which he led for the last seven years.

Viel confirmed he was leaving Twitter in a separate message to Reuters.

He didn't elaborate on the circumstances of his departure and declined to say how many people Twitter employed in France either before or after Musk's takeover of the company last month.

Twitter has had a bumpy ride since Musk, the world's richest person, took charge.

It has cut staff by half, while Musk has raised the possibility of the social media platform going bankrupt.

He recently told employees to consider whether they wanted to stay on "working long hours at high intensity" or take a severance package of three months' pay.



BRICS Leaders to Call for Data Protections against Unauthorized AI Use

Brazilian soldiers take part in a demonstration exercise ahead of the BRICS Presidential Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 5, 2025. REUTERS/ Tita Barros/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
Brazilian soldiers take part in a demonstration exercise ahead of the BRICS Presidential Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 5, 2025. REUTERS/ Tita Barros/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
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BRICS Leaders to Call for Data Protections against Unauthorized AI Use

Brazilian soldiers take part in a demonstration exercise ahead of the BRICS Presidential Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 5, 2025. REUTERS/ Tita Barros/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
Brazilian soldiers take part in a demonstration exercise ahead of the BRICS Presidential Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 5, 2025. REUTERS/ Tita Barros/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations will call for protections against unauthorized use of artificial intelligence (AI) to avoid excessive data collection and allow mechanisms for fair payment, according to a draft statement seen by Reuters.

The diplomatic bloc is dedicating part of its discussions on Sunday to AI during a two-day summit in Rio de Janeiro.

Big tech firms largely based in wealthy nations have resisted calls to pay copyright fees for material used to train AI models.