Twitter closed its Trust and Security Council on Monday, dedicated to advising on hate speech.
The argument that the company gave to justify such a decision is that the Council “is not the best structure” to “incorporate external opinions into our work,” according to The Wall Street Journal that he had access to emails sent by the company to members of the group.
The Council was made up of dozens of independent and human rights organizations.
The decision produces one more in the wake of controversies generated after the Twitter acquisition by tycoon Elon Muskalso owner of Tesla and SpaceX.
The application of an “amnesty” policy towards accounts previously suspended for violating the rules of the social network, such as that of former President Donald Trump, was one of the first actions in the renewal of Twitter.
Donald Trump’s account was suspended on January 8, 2021, two days after the assault on the Capitol in Washington.
Twitter said then that after a “careful review” of the former president’s tweets in which, although there were video messages where Trump appealed to his supporters to leave the Capitol, there were other “unacceptable” ones in which he questioned the victory. of Biden and the legitimacy of the electoral process.
despite having reinstated trump accounthe has not returned to Musk’s social network, because he has an exclusive agreement with Truth Social, his own social network, created after the cancellation on Twitter.
after having reinstated to trumpMusk said Twitter “will not allow” anyone who has been removed from the social network for violating its rules to return to the platform until the company has a clear process.
But this is not the only controversy surrounding the purchase of Twitter, worth 44 billion dollars.
unemployment and exodus
A group of former Twitter employees will start a legal battle against Elon Musk for not fulfilling the promised compensation.
The massive layoffs of network workers and the mass exodus of others after rejecting the millionaire’s demand that they work “extremely hard”, have been headlines in recent weeks.
Regarding the announcement of the dissolution of the previous Trust and Security Council, Elon Musk acknowledged, through several tweets, that he will create a new “Twitter content moderation council”.
He added that the new body “will integrate representatives with widely divergent points of view, which will undoubtedly include the civil rights community and groups that combat hate-fueled violence.”
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