Since Elon Musk’s roller-coaster acquisition of Twitter for $44 billion, he has laid off half of the company’s staff, dealing a major blow to efforts to curb harmful content, including disinformation, hate speech, and incitement of violence, former employees and experts say.
The recent disbanding of the Trust and Safety Council has only fueled the impression that Twitter will now be less trustworthy and less safe.
While only a tiny fraction of Twitter's 500 million daily tweets is problematic, according to Musk, this potential firehouse of unfiltered content could be especially damaging in low- and middle-income countries, or LMICs.