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Tue Dec 13 23:57:31 PST 2022


Twitter was full of Democrat apologists for abuse


Musk Disbands Twitter 'Trust & Safety' Council After Inaction On Child Porn

https://about.twitter.com/en/our-priorities/healthy-conversations/trust-and-safety-council
https://www.theepochtimes.com/twitter-disbands-trust-and-safety-council-amid-criticism-of-child-abuse-material_4920052.html
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601275244710621184
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601313922501353472
https://twitter.com/Liz_Wheeler/status/1601713869902446594
https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1602468007006990337
https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1601304851329081344

Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety council after new owner
Elon Musk criticized the group over a longstanding lack of action to
rid the platform of child sexual abuse material.

"As Twitter moves into a new phase, we are reevaluating how best to
bring external insights into our product and policy development work.
As part of this process, we have decided that the Trust and Safety
Council is not the best structure to do this," read an email to the
council's members.

"Our work to make Twitter a safe, informative place will be moving
faster and more aggressively than ever before and we will continue to
welcome your ideas going forward about how to achieve this goal," the
email continues. "We will also continue to explore opportunities to
provide focused and timely input into our work, whether through
bilateral or small group meetings."

The council, which was made up of around 100 stakeholders - including
independent civil, human rights, and other organizations, was notified
of the change shortly before it was set to meet on Monday night, the
Associated Press reported. The Council's webpage is now blank.

As The Epoch Times notes, the Trust and Safety Council has been
criticized by Musk for not taking action to remove child sexual abuse
material from Twitter.

The council was established in 2016 to address problems such as hate
speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm, and other issues on
the platform.

After three members of the council resigned in protest over
allegations of increased hate speech on the platform on Dec. 8, Musk
declared on Dec. 10 that it was “a crime that they refused to take
action on child exploitation for years!”

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey replied to Musk, saying: “This is false.”

“No, it is not,” Musk replied, adding: “When Ella Irwin, who now runs
Trust & Safety, joined Twitter earlier this year, almost no one was
working on child safety.”

Musk noted that, unlike Twitter’s former management, he “made it top
priority immediately.”

    No, it is not.

    When Ella Irwin, who now runs Trust & Safety, joined Twitter
earlier this year, almost no one was working on child safety.

    She raised this with Ned & Parag, but they rejected her staffing request.

    I made it top priority immediately. at ellagirwin
    — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022

On Dec. 10, Twitter Safety announced that it had suspended 57 percent
more “bad actor” accounts in November with child sexual exploitation
material (CSE), which was significantly more than any other month
year-to-date.

“We’ve been improving our detection and enforcement methods and
expanding our partnerships with organizations that help prevent the
trafficking of CSE material,” the company said.

    Twitter’s former head of trust and safety. https://t.co/7dI1a0Wxpe
    — Aaron Kheriaty, MD (@akheriaty) December 13, 2022

    Maybe nobody had more power to censor & ban conservatives on
Twitter than @yoyoel who colluded with FBI & interfered in elections.
Meanwhile his “trust & safety” team ignored child porn on Twitter
while he sympathized with teachers having sex with students. He’s a
menace.
    — Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) December 10, 2022

Eliza Blue, a sex trafficking survivor, who has advocated for the
removal of CSE material from Twitter, has noted an improvement in the
way Twitter addresses the problem under Musk.

“There was basically no child safety team when he started. He made
building the team his top priority. Then he built the team,” she said.

    Twitters full email to “Trust and Safety” Council Members
pic.twitter.com/7G0mJCLU7t
    — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 13, 2022

    How did this slip through? What did Yoel et all do internally for
accountability? Who was fired?https://t.co/EwRW1gSTtU
    — Cernovich (@Cernovich) December 9, 2022

Hate Speech

Twitter has reported that hate speech is trending downward on the
platform, while external critics have said it is increasing.

Inaugural members Anne Collier and Eirliani Rahman, as well as Lesley
Podesta, resigned from Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council council in
protest on Dec. 8, citing a rise in hate speech.

    Three of us resigned from Twitter’s Trust & Safety Council today:
@eirliani @podesta_lesley and me. Here’s why https://t.co/h05TblfGIO
pic.twitter.com/iqcHvhbgms
    — annecollier (@annecollier) December 8, 2022

The White House has also expressed concern about hate speech on the platform.

However, Twitter reported on Dec. 11 that data shows “a consistent
downward trend in true hateful language impressions.”

“Counting the number of Tweets that contain a specific slur is not an
accurate way to measure hateful speech. Context matters, and not all
occurrences of slur words are used in a hateful way. Slur words may be
used in counterspeech, reclaimed phrases, and song lyrics, for
example,” the company said.

The platform noted that 10 accounts were responsible for a spike in
hate speech. Twitter said it won’t amplify any tweets containing slurs
or hate speech, nor will it serve ads next to them.

“We track all uses of slurs, not just the ones that are used in a
hateful manner. However, the raw data alone doesn’t tell the full
story,” the company said.

    This is the former head of Twitter Trust and Safety who made the
decision to ban President Trump.

    Yoel Roth made a career out of telling all of us we are “hateful”
& shouldn’t have a voice while he openly fantasizes on Twitter about
murdering children.

    Sick stuff @elonmusk. https://t.co/HQTUOluIhN
    — Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) December 11, 2022


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