Earlier on Friday, Elon Musk blamed "activists" for a "massive drop in revenue" at Twitter. He claims that they are pressuring advertisers not to use Twitter.

It wasn't clear exactly who he was referring to but the BBC has just received a press release from a group called the #StopToxicTwitter coalition who say they are a group of more than 60 civil rights and civil society organisations, such as the Anti-Defamation League and Stop Hate for Profit.

They want advertisers to "stop buys on the platform in the wake of Elon Musk’s sweeping layoffs".

In the US, Stop the Deal, a coalition of left-wing activist groups including Fair Vote UK and Media Matters for America, said Mr Musk had a "thirst for chaos" and his potential plans would make Twitter "an even more hate-filled cesspool, leading to irreparable real-world harm".