Musk’s Twitter disbands the Trust and Safety advisory group

Elon Musk‘s TwitterIt was solved trustThe Safety Council, an advisory panel of approximately 100 independent civil right, human rights and other organizations that was established by the company in 2016 to address hate, child exploitation and suicide, as well as other issues on the platform.

The board was to meet with Twitter representatives on Monday night. According to several members of the board, Twitter notified them via email that they would be dissolving the group shortly before the meeting was due.

The council members provided photos of the email to The Associated Press via Twitter. They spoke on condition that they remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation.

Signed as “Twitter,” the email said, “Our work to make Twitter a safe and useful place will move faster and more powerful than ever before, and we will continue to welcome your ideas moving forward on how we can achieve this goal.”

Although the volunteer group offered guidance and expertise on Twitter’s ability to combat hate, harassment, or other harms, it did not have any decision-making power and was not able to review specific content disputes.

“The Twitter Trust and Safety Council was a group of volunteers who gave up their time over many years when consulted by Twitter employees to advise on a wide range of online harms and safety issues,” council member Alex Holmes said on Twitter. governing or decision-making body.”

Twitter is headquartered in Athens. San FranciscoHe had confirmed the meeting with board members on Thursday via email, promising to have an open conversation and Q&A with Twitter staff, including Ella Irwin, the new head of trust & safety.

This happened the same day that three council members resigned in a public statement to Twitter. It stated that “Contrary Elon’s claims, safety and well being of Twitter users are in decline.”

After Musk lashed out at them, and Twitter’s previous leadership, for allegedly failing to do enough to stop pedophilia online, the ex-members of the council quickly became the subject of online attacks.

Musk tweeted, “It is a crime they have refused to act on child exploitation for many years!” Musk tweeted.

Some remaining board members expressed concern over the board’s increasing number of attacks. They sent an email to Twitter Monday requesting that the company stop misrepresenting its position.

The email stated that the false accusations made by Twitter leaders “put current or former council members at danger.”

Trust and Safety Council actually had an advisory group that was focused on child exploitation. This included the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Rati and YAKIN Foundation. Young survivors and their family members in need were also included.