Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council

[applegrove]

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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[niyad]

1. May all involved receive everything they deserve.

[NullTuples]

11. That would be Elon. Elon IS Twitter. These decisions are his.

[niyad]

12. You make a common, and incorrect, assumption about that benediction.

Many see it as a negative only, but it is not. "All involved", in this case, includes ALL the people affected by this decision, the ones he just let go. Do they deserve protection? Fair treatment? Unemployment benefits? Much better jobs? May they receive everything THEY deserve, as well.

[RockRaven]

2. Anyone still on Twitter should be spamming the crap out of any companies still advertising

there whose ads they see with complaints about the ugly shit their ads appear next to.

[nolabear]

3. I finally couldn't take it any more. I deleted my account.

I’ve been watching, perhaps too much, in horror since Musk took over and becoming aware how much I fear he’s literally trying to get people killed. His latest round of attacks on the vaccinated, on liberals and Democrats, on LGBTQ+ folks, and the glee with which he eggs on the most vitriolic responses has me convinced it’ll be a miracle if nobody dies as a result of this.

I can’t take it. I guess I’ll catch the results if the worst does happen. But his continued firing of anyone who could curb him says so much.

[applegrove]

5. I think is is trawling for MAGA fish to steal them away from their creator Trump.

Then he will direct them to De Santis. It is I guess the only thing the GOP can do because Trump is never gonna give them up while he is alive. Plus Twitter was one place that MAGA people and Republicans and Independents were not in a Maga silo bubble. That town square has to be destroyed if you are Republican afterall how can the GOP win against reasonable liberals, who are pro democracy, otherwise?

[nini]

4. Why the hell are people still on Twitter?

It was always annoying but now it’s representing everything wrong. Musk is another fascist prick…why support him in any way?

[Initech]

6. What could possibly go wrong?

[ZonkerHarris]

7. He's going to get Twitter blocked in the EU for this.

[applegrove]

8. Mission accomplished. He wants people in silos. All the Republicans do.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Musk believes in free dumb

As in feral idiots.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Twitter has disbanded its "Trust and Safety Council."

Link to tweet

[Mr. Sparkle]

13. He is going to break twitter.

[Eugene]

14. One more step towards turning Twitter into 8chan.

Twitter's remaining reputable advertisers can't ignore this and stay reputable.

EU regulators will drop the hammer on Twitter for this. Musk's response will be interesting.