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BBC News - TechnologyTuesday, July 25, 2023 05:34Workers taking down the Twitter sign at its San Francisco headquarters paused their work after police arrived at the scene. The sign change came after Twitter owner Elon Musk rebranded the social media company to X.Police in San Francisco told the news site Insider that officers at the HQ were responding to "a possible unpermitted street closure."The owners of the building were allegedly not told about the sign removal, local media also reported.Workers managed to take down most of the lettering before their efforts were paused, leaving the letters e and r in place.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Except the cops then said they were mistaken and there was no I permitted street closure. How is this news lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does anyone have a text transcript?

[–] ComfortablyGlum 1 points 1 year ago

If only it could have been stopped when it said "twit".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago