The social network Twitter has almost stopped fighting information disinformation, in particular paid Russian propaganda, after the company was acquired by billionaire Elon Musk.
Source: BBC citing Twitter sources
Details: According to the BBC, under Musk’s leadership, Twitter laid off several thousand employees, after which there were practically no specialists left in the company who would be engaged in content moderation on the social network.
Current and former employees of the company told the publication that in recent months, the number of publications with aggressive rhetoric, hate speech, promotion of sexual crimes has noticeably increased on the social network, as well as more political propaganda and information manipulation.
“Several key experts left the team who dealt with specific regions – the so-called threat actors: from Russia to China,” a former Twitter employee told the BBC.
Also, according to the publication, members of the team that created the security equipment were fired from the company.
