“When you lay off almost half of your personnel, including teams in charge of really tracking, monitoring, and enforcing content moderation regulations, it inherently indicates that content moderation has changed,” Jessica González, co-CEO of Free Press, said.
The organisation also expressed worry over Musk’s amplification of far-right conspiracy theories surrounding the assault on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, as well as allegations that the now-CEO might weaken Twitter’s present policies safeguarding trans users. “If Twitter does not take quick tangible changes that demonstrate a serious commitment to preserving best standards that safeguard users that corporations will not support with ad revenue,” stated GLAAD CEO Sarah Ellis.
