Twitter has disbanded its Trust and Safety council, a means for the platform to tackle hate speech, self-harm, suicide, and child exploitation. It will also remove all legacy blue checkmarks soon.
Twitter has disbanded its Trust and Safety Council, a group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations. The council was formed in 2016 as a way for the social media company to tackle hate speech, self-harm, suicide, child exploitation, and other related issues.
On Monday night, the council was scheduled to meet with Twitter representatives, including the new head of trust and safety Ella Irwin. But before the meeting could even take place, Twitter informed the group via email that the council will be disbanded, according to multiple members.
According to the email, the platform was “reevaluating how best to bring external insights” and the council is “not the best structure to do this.
