Twitter is being evicted from one of its offices for not paying rent

Twitter is being evicted from one its offices in a dispute over unpaid rent.

The social media giant had allegedly not paid rent on the 65,000sq-ft office in Boulder, Colorado, according to a complaint filed by the office's landlord in May.

It's not clear how many employees of the company are based there following extensive cutbacks by Elon Musk when he bought Twitter back in October of 2022.

Previously, there had been some 300 employees based out of the office. However, cutbacks saw Twitter firing 87 employees at the location, while another 38 quit voluntarily.

The landlords previously filed a complaint for unpaid rent on 12 May - court papers confirmed that the company had leased four units in February 2020.

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In the complaint, the landlord claimed that a default notice against Twitter had been ignored. Instead, they had used a letter of credit deposited by Twitter to pay $968,000 in rent, according to reports from the Denver Post.

They then submitted a request for Twitter to replenish the security deposit, which was also ignored.

The landlord has not only sought possession of the building. They have also requested the rent in arrears, legal costs, and interest both before and after any judgement.

A judge has now signed an order giving law enforcement officials 49 days to evict the company from the offices in Boulder Colorado, meaning they must be out before the end of July.

Twitter is also facing another separate legal dispute with Boulder's Avalanche Cleaning Company in regards to $93,500 in unpaid bills at another office.

Twitter has fallen into pandemonium since Elon Musk's takeover, with the company seeing mass layoffs and chaotic policy decisions which have massively damaged its reputation.

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In February, CNN reported that more than half of Twitter's 1,000 biggest advertisers had pulled out from the platform as of January. Advertisers had pulled amid concerns about the stability of the platform due to relaxation in its content moderation policy.

The reduction saw a drop in Twitter's ad revenue from its 1,000 biggest advertisers from $127 million to $48 million.

Musk was also widely criticised for changing the policy around the blue checkmark. Previously, it had been granted by the platform to confirm that a public figure or organisation was who they say they are, but now they can only be given when purchased as a monthly subscription.

The decision caused chaos after one account bought an $8 checkmark for an account posing as pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly. They then tweeted that the company would be 'making insulin free'. Shortly afterwards, Eli Lilly saw a collapse in its market value, with some 6 percent being wiped off the company.

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