Musk apologises to sacked Twitter worker after saying he did ‘no actual work’

Twitter owner Elon Musk has apologised to a sacked worker after their exchange on the social media platform went viral (Benjamin Fanjoy/AP)

Twitter owner Elon Musk has apologised to a sacked worker after their exchange on the social media platform went viral.

Icelandic entrepreneur Halli Thorleifsson had sent a direct public tweet to the billionaire after he was locked out of his work’s computer system, telling Musk he could not get HR to respond to him.