Twitter has landed itself in trouble with the government of San Francisco city, the city where the company is headquartered.
Gatekeepers News reports that this comes after the company (Twitter) changed its logo from a blue bird to a black ‘X’ atop its large building on Friday in violation of the city’s building codes.
Following this, government investigators moved to Twitter’s office for inspection but were denied entry.
Although, placing the logo on a building was considered possibly unsafe, a representative of Twitter told officials it was a “temporary lighted sign for an event”.
The officials returned to the microblog’s office on Saturday and were refused access to the sign on the rooftop.
In a statement, the Spokesperson of the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, Patrick Hannan was quoted saying, “A building permit is required to make sure the sign is structurally sound and installed safely. Planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign.”
The statement pointed out that to ensure “consistency with the historic nature of the building, and to ensure new additions are safely attached to the sign”, a government-issued permit was required.
According to the report, the microblogging company is prohibited from altering the rooftop of its office. In the event it desires to change the original designs, its lease agreement requires it to obtain the building owner’s permission.
Gatekeepers News reports that Twitter’s owner and its new CEO, Elon Musk said the social media network would ditch its bird logo, be rebranded with the name X and move quickly into payments, banking and commerce.
Musk had earlier posted on his page that he remained committed to staying in San Francisco despite an offer of rich incentives.
