MADRID, 21 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, has announced to Twitter investors that he plans to cut almost 75 percent of the social network's staff if he finally takes control of it, as reported on Thursday by The Washington Post. '.

Specifically, the tycoon expects to lay off around 5,500 employees, leaving a workforce of just over 2,000 workers currently employed by the social network.

Twitter was already hoping to fire part of its team due to economic factors, although at no time had it planned to reduce staff by three quarters, according to the aforementioned media.

All in all, the cuts would not only affect the workers, but also the company's infrastructure and the data centers that allow the operation of the social network.

For this reason, the decision could affect the millions of users of the social network, since they could be at risk of possible hacks and be more exposed to offensive material, according to experts consulted by the Bloomberg agency.

According to the documents consulted by the Post and testimonies from other sources, the cuts would not only affect the personnel, but also the company's infrastructure, and specifically the data centers that allow the operation of this network, which is consulted daily by more than 200 million users.

Musk has a date until October 28 to close the acquisition of Twitter if he wants to avoid going to trial with the company, after which the businessman and engineer expressed his intention to adhere to the original agreement to buy Twitter for $54.20 per action, which would imply a total of 44,000 million dollars (44,880 million euros).