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Twitter has abruptly disbanded its Trust and Safety Council. This is the latest sign that Elon Musk's years-long work and institutions to make the social network more civilized and safer have been thrown out the window.
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Hundreds of civil rights advocates, academics, and civil rights leaders from all over the globe have donated their time for years to improve safety on the platform.
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Musk has refunded years of trust and safety investments at Twitter in less than two months. He dismissed key employees and brought back accounts that were suspended previously.
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This move will throw away the "years worth of institutional memory that we as council members have brought" to the company.
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Three members of the Trust and Safety Council resigned last week. They warned that Twitter's safety and well-being are in decline.
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Musk's treatment for the board mirrors a series of attacks on a former top executive of the company that erupted over the weekend.
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Musk's tweets to his millions of followers over the years have prompted his supporters, for years, to flood his targets with threats online.
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Roth was the head of trust and security at Twitter and was involved in many decisions regarding what posts should be removed and which accounts should be suspended.
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Musk's criticism of Roth is a change of heart from his early days as a company executive, when Roth was one of the few high-ranking Twitter executives Musk supported.
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Employees of Twitter have been suspicious of Musk's online criticism.
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