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Welcome. sounds. There's probably another podcast on there that you're absolutely love. Welcome to TechTent on the BBC World Service with me, Zoe Kleinman. This week, as they take

on their former employer, we hear from one of the thousands of Twitter staff sacked by Elon Musk last

year. When we asked him, what is the future of Twitter?

He answered that he thinks that we will help reach Mars.

And I don't know how to connect building a social application into reaching Mars.

We find out how police in Egypt are using social media and dating app profiles to hunt members of the

marginalised LGBT community. And why you might want to have a rummage round of drawers and

cupboards to dig out your old digital cameras and get in on the latest TikTok trend.

In the past few months, we've reported on how the global economic downturn is bringing tough times to tech.

These multi-billion dollar companies, which are among the most sought-after businesses to work for,

are laying off tens of thousands of staff.

Among the most acrimonious of those was the mass sackings at Twitter. Following Elon Musk's

takeover last November, around half of the staff at the social media network were fired, with many

more leaving in the wake of it all. We're going to hear now from one of those who did lose their

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