A group of around 100 independent civil, human rights, and other groups gave knowledge and suggestions on how the social network may better resist hatred, harassment, and other damage.
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| Twitter dissolved its Trust and Safety Council |
Twitter has disbanded its Trust and Safety Council, an advisory council of over 100 civil, human rights, and other independent groups founded by the company in 2016 to address issues such as hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm, and others. platform problems.
On Monday night, the Council was to meet with Twitter representatives. According to numerous members, Twitter alerted the group through email that it would be disbanding soon before the meeting.
The council members, who provided The Associated Press with screenshots of the Twitter email, spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of punishment. According to the email, Twitter was "re-evaluating the best manner to bring in external information" and that the council "is not the appropriate structure to bring in external information."
“Our work to make Twitter a safe and informative place will move faster and more aggressively than ever, and we will continue to welcome your ideas on how to achieve this goal,” the email, which was signed “Twitter,” read.
The volunteers gave knowledge and recommendations on how Twitter should better address hatred, abuse, and other damage, but they did not have decision-making authority and did not assess individual content disputes. Musk stated he would organize a new "content moderation committee" to assist make key choices shortly after purchasing Twitter for $44 billion in late October, but then altered his mind.
"The Twitter Trust & Safety Council was a group of volunteers who offered their time for many years when approached by Twitter personnel to provide guidance on a wide variety of online harm and safety problems," a member of the council tweeted. Holmes, Alex "It was never a governing or decision-making body."
Based in San Francisco Twitter announced the council meeting in an email on Thursday, promising a "open conversation with questions and answers" with Twitter employees, including new trust and safety director Ella. irwin.
That occurred on the same day that three council members resigned in a public letter posted on Twitter, claiming that "contrary to Elon Musk's promises, the safety and well-being of Twitter users is in decline."
After Musk criticized them and prior Twitter leadership for supposedly not doing more to prevent child sexual exploitation on the network, those former council members became the subject of internet vitriol.
"It is a crime that for years they have neglected to take action against child exploitation!" Musk took to Twitter.
A rising number of assaults on the Council alarmed several surviving members, who addressed an email to Twitter on Monday requesting that the company cease misrepresenting the advisory team's purpose.
The memo stated that Twitter leaders' false claims were "placing current and past Council members in peril."
The Trust and Safety Council, in fact, had as one of its advisory groups one that focused on child exploitation. This included the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Rati Foundation, and YAKIN, or Young Adult Survivors and Relatives in Need.