On Friday, four days before the midterm elections, Elon Musk started firing hundreds of Twitter employees, including important members of the teams responsible for managing U.S. elections and content moderation on the well-known social media network.

Employees used the hashtags #LoveWhereYouWork and #OneTeam extensively in their tweets on Friday to inform others that they had been fired. The majority of persons who responded to the postings had prior experience in fields like public policy, trust and safety, communications, engineering, marketing, and human resources.

According to a person familiar with the firm who asked to remain anonymous, half of Twitter's public policy team was eliminated, including members of a team responsible for verifying the accounts of politicians. That effort will now be included into a group developing a subscription service, which is scheduled to debut on November 7.

The internet mogul who acquired Twitter last week has vowed to uphold the company's content moderation and anti-fake news standards while also attempting to appease advertisers who were wary of his promises to bring back more unrestricted content to the news stream.

The layoffs on Friday, however, seem to be escalating users' and advertisers' concerns that Twitter is losing the ability to monitor who and what appears on its platform. Additionally, the company's moderation systems are anticipated to be put to the test during the midterms, which coincides with the general layoffs.

Musk has not yet made any public tweets acknowledging the Friday's significant layoffs. An inquiry for comment was not immediately answered by Twitter spokespersons.