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Twitter disperses the Trust & Safety Council after key members resigned



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Twitter today dispersed the Trust & Safety Council, which was an advisory group consisting of roughly 100 independent researchers and human rights activists. The group, formed in 2016, gave the social network input on different content and human rights-related issues such as the removal of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), suicide prevention, and online safety. This could have implications for Twitter’s global content moderation as the group consisted of experts around the world.
According to multiple reports, the council members received an email from Twitter on Monday saying that the council is “not the best structure” to get external insights into the company product and policy strategy. While the company said it will “continue to welcome” ideas from council members, there were no assurances about if they will be taken into consideration. Given that the advisory group designed to provide ideas was disbanded, it just feels like saying “thanks, but no thanks.”

A report from the Wall Street Journal notes that the email was sent an ho …

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