Twitter reportedly limits worker entry to content-moderation instruments

Elon Musk’s Twitter has taken away sure content material moderation and coverage enforcement instruments from some workers forward of the U.S. midterm elections, in keeping with Bloomberg Information.

The transfer impacts most workers who’re a part of Twitter’s Belief and Security group, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. The staffers are unable to deal with and self-discipline consumer accounts that violate Twitter’s guidelines round hate speech and misinformation except they contain hurt, the report mentioned.

Twitter remains to be utilizing automated content material moderation instruments and third-party contractors to forestall the unfold of misinformation and inflammatory posts whereas Twitter workers assessment high-profile violations, Bloomberg mentioned.

Twitter did not instantly reply to CNBC’s request for remark. Yoel Roth, Twitter head of security, reacted to the Bloomberg Information in a tweet.

“That is precisely what we (or any firm) needs to be doing within the midst of a company transition to scale back alternatives for insider danger,” he wrote. “We’re nonetheless imposing our guidelines at scale.”

On Friday, after closing his acquisition of Twitter, Musk mentioned he plans to type a “content material moderation council,” with out disclosing specifics comparable to who can be part of it or what it will do. The Tesla CEO added that he wouldn’t make any “main content material choices” or reinstate beforehand banned accounts earlier than the council begins its work.

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