Twitter content moderation employees are latest to face cuts

Cuts at Twitter underneath Elon Musk’s possession aren’t over simply but, with staff chargeable for international content material moderation in addition to these within the hate speech and harassment items among the many newest layoffs, Bloomberg reported. 

At the least a dozen cuts had been made Friday evening, affecting staff within the social media firm’s Dublin and Singapore workplaces. Amongst these laid off had been employees who managed Twitter’s misinformation coverage, international appeals and state media.

“It made extra sense to consolidate groups underneath one chief (as a substitute of two) for instance,” Ella Irwin, Twitter’s head of belief and security, informed Bloomberg.

Since Musk bought the platform for $44 billion in October,  Twitter has seen drastic cost-cutting measures and efforts to rework it, together with shedding roughly half of its 7,500 staff in early November and ending perks like free lunch at Twitter HQ. 

Musk has said that “reducing prices like loopy” helped save the corporate from a $3 billion gap in its price range. 

Twitter has endured a slew of complications, together with hackers reportedly obtaining the emails of two.35 million the social media platform’s customers and publishing them on an Web discussion board. 

Twitter additionally missed hire funds at its San Francisco headquarters, and is downsizing from occupying six flooring to 2