Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Friday, June 17th, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough.

Today, Elon Musk speaks to his soon-to-be employees for the first time at Twitter.

Snap is testing a new subscription Snapchat.

Microsoft debuts defender for individuals.

Klarna is thinking about raising a massively down round and of course the weekend long-range

suggestions.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

Yesterday Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time since agreeing

to buy the company back in April, discussing potential layoffs, moderation, all sorts of things.

Quoting Bloomberg.

Elon Musk discussed his stance on what types of content should be allowed on Twitter's

social network, saying that people should be allowed to say, quote,

pretty outrageous things, end quote,

but that the platform doesn't have to give those posts reach.

Musk clarified on his beliefs Thursday during an all hands gathering at Twitter,

according to staff who participated in the virtual

meeting. It marked the first time the billionaire who is Chief Executive Officer of Tesla

has addressed Twitter employees since agreeing in late April to buy the company for

44 billion dollars. Twitter needs to allow more space for people to say

whatever they want, Musk said, as long as it doesn't violate the law. But he

added that the company needs to balance that by making

sure people, quote, feel comfortable on the service, otherwise they won't use it, according to people

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