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Elon Musk and Twitter continue to remain in the spotlight, for better or worse. Here is everything brands and marketers need to know.

Twitter began layoffs last Friday, the company announced in an email.

CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Elon Musk, who acquired one of the world's largest social media platforms days before the U.S. midterm elections, on Monday called on voters to cast their ballot in support of Republican candidates for Congress. The endorsement marks the latest in a string of moves from Musk that could affect the outcome of the election on Tuesday. Twitter has begun layoffs, slashing its 7,500-person workforce in half. Musk has already removed top execut...

The company wrote in an email, "In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday."

The arrival of Musk may fuel harmful speech on Twitter in the days before the election.

(NEW YORK) -- Elon Musk, who spent months alternately courting and criticizing Twitter, ultimately acquired one of the world’s largest social media platforms days before the U.S. midterm elections. The acquisition, meanwhile, has sent the company into flux. Musk removed top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal, and announced the formation of a “content moderation council”

(SAN FRANCISCO) -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk has closed a deal to acquire Twitter, ending a monthslong saga that cast Musk as suitor, critic, legal adversary and ultimately owner of the social media platform. A source familiar with the matter confirmed the deal closure to ABC News on Friday morning. Some of Twitter's top executives

(NEW YORK) -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk has closed a deal to acquire Twitter, ending a monthslong saga that cast Musk as suitor, critic, legal adversary and ultimately owner of the social media platform. A source familiar with the matter confirmed the deal closure to ABC News on Friday morning. Some of Twitter's top executives