Twitter staff worldwide vent frustrations as Musk moves to axe staff    

The social media platform temporarily shut its offices worldwide on Friday including its European headquarters in Dublin

Already controversial for his own tweets, Elon Musk has provoked unprecedented anger since his takeover of the social media platform, including the manner of this week's job cuts. File picture

Twitter temporarily closed its offices worldwide, including in Ireland, and cut workers' access to internal systems on Friday after telling employees they would be informed by email about whether they were being laid off.

The move follows a week of chaos and uncertainty about the company's future under new owner Elon Musk.