The company has begun telling staff about the planned layoffs
Musk is also said to have reduced the size of the team responsible for stopping child sexual exploitation on the platform
Twitter's CEO, CFO and chair have already left their posts.
The lawsuit comes as Tesla CEO abandons plan to use a margin loan tied to his Tesla stake to partly finance Twitter acquisition
The flaw lies in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology
Musk wants to investigate whether the number of bots on the platform is as low as the company claims - or is he looking for a way out?
Elon Musk has secured commitments for $46.5 billion (£35.5 billion) in funding to purchase Twitter.
The problem is not with Tesla's system or infrastructure, but rather with the third-party software, he says
Musk has promised to take measures to ensure 'this doesn't happen again'
Charging points in the UK needs to be increased tenfold to support the plan to ban new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, government report says