>>> HOW IS THIS FOR A FIRST MESSAGE FROM YOUR NEW BOSS.
A STAFF WIDE EMAIL, ELON MUSK SUGGESTING THE COMPANY COULD GO
INTO BANKRUPTCY AS EXECUTIVES ARE RESIGNING, ADVERTISERS ARE
FLEEING AND TROLLS ARE RUNNING RAMPANT ON THE PLATFORM SINCE HE
TOOK OVER. WE HAVE RAHEL HERE WITH US FOR
MORE. FUL ON-- I FEEL IT'S THE LAST 1
HOURS THAT ARE THE MOST CHAOS. >> A RECENTLY LAIDOFF EMPLOYEE
TOLD CNN, IT WAS LIKE THE TITANIC WITH EVERYONE LOOKING
FOR LIFEBOATS. THE HEAD OF TRUST AND SAFETY,
CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER, CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER,
JUST SOME OF THE RECENT RESIGNATIONS.
IT COMES AFTER A LEGAL TEAM WARNED IN AN INTERNAL COUPLE
MESSAGE THAT MUSK'S PRIORITY IS RECOUPING THE LOSSES HE'S
INCURRING AS A RESULT OF FAILING TO GET OUT OF BUYING TWITTER.
SO IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO LURE SKEPTICAL ADVERTISERS.
ALSO NOT HELPING AN EXPLOSION OF TROLLS AND OTHERS CREATING
IMPOSTER ACCOUNTS AFTER MUSK BLEW UP VERIFICATION ON TWITTER.
YOU CAN SEE SOMEONE BEING A FAKE DONALD TRUMP ACCOUNT.
AND TWITTER ALSO GAVE A CHECK MARK TO JESUS CHRIST.
THINGS ARE GETTING CONFUSION -- HE HAS RISEN.
>> HOW DO YOU AUTHENTICATE THAT. >> THAT WAS A MOMENT --
>> HOLD ON A SECOND. >> BEING FAIR, I STOLE THAT FROM
DONIE O'SULLIVAN'S TWITTER. >> HOW DO YOU VERIFY THAT.
>> IT WAS THE COMEDIC TIMING. DON'T SELL YOURSELF SHORT.
>> BUT IT IS CHAOTIC AS KAITLAN POINTED OUT.
HIS FIRST ALL STAFF EMAIL, IMAGINE THIS THE FIRST EMAIL
FROM YOUR BOSS, HE ANNOUNCED A MANDATORY RETURN TO OFFICE AND
WARNED THE ECONOMIC PICTURE AHEAD IS DIRE AND WITHOUT
SUBSCRIPTION REVENUE THERE'S A CHANCE TWITTER WILL NOT SURVIVE
THE UPCOMING DOWNTURN. BUT THROUGH IT ALL HE'S
CONTINUED TO TWEET AND HARD TO SAY IF THINGS WILL STABILIZE,
JUST A DAY AGO HE TWEETED PLEASE NOTE TWITTER WILL DO LOTS OF
DUMB THINGS, HE SAID IT, DUMB THINGS IN COMING MONTHS.
WE'LL KEEP WHAT WORKS AND CHANGE WHAT DOESN'T.
>> I SIGNED UP FOR HIS TWEET ALERTS SO NOW I KNOW WHEN ELON
MUSK TWEETS BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT HE
SAYS ABOUT IT. >> YOU MISS A LITTLE YOU MISS A
LOT WITH ELON. >>> THE TURMOIL AT TWITTER IS
MOUNTING BY THE HOUR. THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT JUST
SUSPENDED ITS HIGHLY TOUTED PAID VERIFICATION SYSTEM TALKED SO
MUCH ABOUT. EXECUTIVES ARE QUITTING AND
ADVISERS ARE BOLTING AND REMAINING EMPLOYEES ARE FACING
NEW THREATS FROM THEIR NEW LEADER, ELON MUSK.
CNN'S OLIVER DARCY JOINS ME WITH MORE.
OLIVER, DO PEOPLE BELIEVE WE ARE WATCHING TWITTER'S COLLAPSE
RIGHT NOW? >> Reporter: YEAH, KATE, I THINK
THAT'S THE REAL QUESTION. CAN TWITTER SURVIVE ELON MUSK?
AND THE REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT GIVEN THE CHAOS THAT'S
CONSUMED THIS COMPANY OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS SINCE HE TOOK
OVER. THE LATEST EXAMPLE, OF COURSE,
BEING THAT SUSPENSION OF THE TWITTER BLUE FEATURE THAT MUSK
HAD HYPED AND ROLLED OUT IN A CHAOTIC FASHION, BUT I JUST WANT
TO WALK PEOPLE THROUGH HA HAS HAPPENED EXACTLY OVER THE PAST
TWO WEEKS SINCE MUSK TOOK OVER. YOU'VE SEEN TOP EXECUTIVES FLEE
THE COMPANY OR BEEN OUSTED FROM THE COMPANY INCLUDING AS OF
YESTERDAY THE HEAD OF TRUST AND SAFETY WHO IS A REALLY KEY
INTEGRAL PERSON AND SEEN ADVERTISERS FLEE THE COMPANY
BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER ESSENTIALLY TRUSTING THAT
TWITTER IS NOT GOING TO PUT THEIR CONTENT NEXT TO HATE
SPEECH, MISINFORMATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU'VE SEEN EMPLOYEE MORALE TANK AFTER THEY LAID OFF HALF OF THE
COMPANY. I WAS TALKING TO AN EX-TWITTER
EMPLOYEE YESTERDAY WHO COMPARED IT TO THE "TITANIC" WITH
EMPLOYEES LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT. LOOKING FOR A LIFEBOAT AND
YOU'VE SEEN THE FTC WARN TWITTER THEY NEED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE
WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND SO THIS WHOLE COMPANY IS FACING
MOUNTING PROBLEMS AND ELON MUSK IN THE MEANTIME, IS SORT OF JUST
TWEETING THROUGH IT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE
IS, KATE.