Elon Musk instructed ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey 'nearly nobody become operates toddler protection
Elon Musk instructed ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey 'nearly nobody become
operating on toddler protection' whilst he took over
Sam Tabahriti Dec 10, 2022, 6:32 AM
Elon Musk tweeted it turned into a "crime" baby protection wasn't prioritized at Twitter earlier than he took over.
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey spoke back thru Twitter that Musk's declare become "false".
Musk doubled down and brought it become his "pinnacle priority" with new believe and protection leader Ella Erwin.
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Elon Musk stated it turned into a criminal offense that former Twitter executives "refused to do so in opposition to infant exploitation," telling cofounder Jack Dorsey through Twitter that "nearly nobody become running on infant protection" till he took over on October 27.
In a chain of tweets on Friday, Musk and Dorsey debated who turned into telling the reality approximately whether or not the social media platform prioritized toddler safety earlier than Musk sold Twitter.
Musk spoke back to a person who shared a 2021 New York Post article approximately how Twitter refused to take away infant porn as it failed to violate the platform's policies, pronouncing it turned into a "crime" that Twitter hadn't taken motion on toddler exploitation at the platform "for years". Dorsey answered that Musk's declare changed into "false."
Musk contradicted Dorsey and stated: "When Ella Irwin, who now runs Trust & Safety, joined Twitter in advance this year, nearly no person turned into operating on toddler protection."
He brought that Irwin, the agree with and protection leader because November 18, formerly raised her worries with former CEO Parag Agrawal and ex-leader monetary officer Ned Segal, however in keeping with Musk, "they rejected her staffing request."
The billionaire concluded that he is made it his "pinnacle priority," earlier than including that Segal had "wonderful tousled priorities."
Despite Musk's claims, best one Twitter worker turned into left on a group devoted to casting off baby sexual abuse cloth throughout Japan and the Asia-Pacific region, Wired pronounced remaining month.
Three participants of Twitter's Trust and Safety Council resigned on Thursday.
The departing individuals are Anne Collier, founder, and government director of The Net Safety Collaborative; Eirliani Abdul Rahman, co-founding father of Youth, Adult Survivors & Kin In Need; and Lesley Podesta, an adviser to the Young and Resilient Research Center at Western Sydney University.
Musk has known as himself a "unfastened speech absolutist," which specialists and advocates say should weaken Twitter's capacity to efficaciously deal with hate speech, misinformation, and harassment.
Twitter did not right now reply to a request for remark from Insider and Dorsey could not be contacted directly.
