Twitter's CTO resigns after DeSantis campaign debacle

Mr. Foad Dabiri, an engineering director at Twitter

According to BBC, Mr. Foad Dabiri, a technical director at Twitter, said on May 26 that he would resign.

"After nearly four incredible years at Twitter, I decided to leave the company yesterday," Mr. Dabiri wrote on Twitter.

The announcement came a day after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's live Twitter launch of the US presidential campaign on May 25 encountered technical problems.

The DeSantis campaign was quick to address the issues, tweeting that the campaign announcement had disrupted the internet.

Mr. DeSantis' press secretary, Bryan Griffin, announced that the campaign kickoff event raised $1 million in one hour.

According to Reuters, at one point the event attracted more than 600,000 viewers. However, when the live broadcast ended, that number was just under 300,000.

Mr. Dabiri did not elaborate on why he decided to leave Twitter or whether it was related to the problems Mr. DeSantis encountered on the platform. However, more than 80% of Twitter's workforce has been cut since billionaire Elon Musk bought the company.

Mr. Dabiri also did not respond to comment on his decision, and Twitter has not issued a statement on Mr. Dabiri's resignation.

In a Twitter post, Mr. Dabiri said he had “experienced two distinct eras” at the company, before and after billionaire Musk took over.

Mr. Dabiri also said that Twitter's transition to "2.0" is "very big and very fast."

However, Mr. Dabiri also emphasized: "Working with Elon Musk has been very enlightening and it is interesting to see how his principles and vision are shaping the future of this company."

Billionaire Musk, who is also CEO of automaker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX, bought Twitter for $44 billion in October 2022.

Last month, the BBC quoted Mr Musk as saying that cutting the workforce from around 8,000 people at the time of buying the company to around 1,500 was not easy.

Since taking the helm of Twitter, Mr. Musk has fired thousands of employees, including engineers responsible for the site's operations and troubleshooting technical issues.

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