Tech layoffs shrink ‘trust and safety’ teams, raising fears of backsliding efforts to curb online abuse

TL;DR

Social media companies have slashed hundreds of content moderation jobs during the ongoing wave of tech layoffs, stoking fears among industry workers and online safety advocates that major platforms are less capable of curbing abuse than they were just months ago. A Twitter employee who still works on the company’s trust and safety operations and requested not to be identified for fear of retribution described feeling worried and overwhelmed since the department’s reductions last fall. Concerns about trust and safety reductions coincide with growing interest in Washington  in tightening regulation of Big Tech on multiple fronts

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