Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council [View all]
Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council
Meanwhile, a former top Twitter official fled his home amid attacks following Musk tweets
By Cat Zakrzewski at the Washington Post
Updated December 12, 2022 at 8:30 p.m. EST|Published December 12, 2022 at 7:36 p.m. EST
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/12/musk-twitter-harass-yoel-roth/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert
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Twitter on Monday night abruptly dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the latest sign that Elon Musk is unraveling years of work and institutions created to make the social network safer and more civil.
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Members of Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council received an email with the subject line, “Thank You,” that informed them the council was no longer “the best structure” to bring “external insights into our product and policy development work.”
The email dissolution arrived less than an hour before members of the council were expecting to meet with Twitter executives via Zoom to discuss recent developments, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the plans.
Dozens of civil rights leaders, academics and advocates from around the world had volunteered their time for years to help improve safety on the platform.
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