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Comment Twitter has taken a match to its Trust and Safety Council, the group of 100 civil rights organizations formed in 2016 to tackle issues like hate speech, child exploitation and suicide on the platform.
Although an advisory association, it is just the latest in a series of sweeping cuts to Twitter under Elon Musk’s tenure as owner and CEO, including laying off half of the company’s 7,500 headcount and accepting more than 1,200 resignations.
The group learned of its fate mere moments before it was due to meet with company representatives on Monday in an email that was passed to The Associated Press, which said Twitter was « reevaluating how best to bring external insights » and that the council was « not the best structure to do this. »
« Our work to make Twitter a safe, informative place will be moving faster and more aggressively than ever before and we will continue to welcome your ideas going forward about how to achieve this goal, » said the email, which was signed « Twitter. »
Council member Alex Holmes tweeted: « Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council was a group of volunteers who over many years gave up their time when consulted by Twitter staff to offer advice on a wide range of online harms and safety issues. At no point was it a governing body or decision making.
