Twitter Responds to France Communication Regulator’s Query on Deadline

Twitter has met a Thursday deadline to reply to France’s communications regulator about whether or not the corporate can meet its authorized obligations, a spokesperson for the regulator stated.

Arcom despatched a letter on Monday to Twitter asking if it will possibly meet its authorized obligation to ensure clear info regardless of steep job cuts on the agency.

“Twitter responded to our letter,” the spokesperson for Arcom stated. “We will analyse their response. The dialogue is continuing.”

A couple of days again, it was reported that Twitter’s head of French operations, Damien Viel, stated he was quitting the social media platform, whose new proprietor Elon Musk just lately fired high executives and enforced steep job cuts on the firm.

“It’s over,” Viel tweeted on Sunday, thanking his crew in France, which he led for the final seven years.

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

He did not elaborate on the circumstances of his departure and declined to say how many individuals Twitter employed in France both earlier than or after Musk’s takeover of the corporate final month.

Labour legal guidelines in France forestall corporations from firing everlasting staff in a single day. France-based corporations should formally inform employees they goal to dismiss about their plans forward of time, sometimes through a letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

They additionally should respect sure discover intervals, relying on the character of the dismissal and the seniority of the employees.

For dismissals affecting a number of staff inside 30 days, corporations should additionally comply with sure procedures, which entail informing employees, employees representatives and the ministry of labour.

This means the entire course of takes at the very least a number of weeks and as much as a number of months.

A spokesperson for Twitter in France hasn’t replied to messages in search of remark since Musk’s takeover in October.

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