Twitter reportedly makes more cuts to online safety teams

Twitter has made more cuts to its trust and safety team in charge of international content moderation, as well as a unit overseeing hate speech and harassment, Bloomberg reported on Friday.

With Musk at the helm, Twitter has suffered a public relations crisis featuring sackings, resignations, tumbling revenues, reluctant advertisers and lawsuits over unpaid bills.

Irwin said Twitter would continue having a head of revenue policy and a head for its Asia-Pacific region for trust and safety. She also said the company increased staffing in its appeals department.

But researchers and rights advocates found slurs, hateful rhetoric and malicious content to have thrived on Twitter since Musk arrived. While banned accounts belonging to far-right reactionaries were reinstated, several prominent tech journalists found themselves briefly suspended from Twitter last month.

On Friday, NBC News uncovered the existence of at least dozens of Twitter accounts offering to sell or trade child sexual exploitation materials, an issue Musk previously said he would make a priority.