Elon Musk Reportedly Slashed the Team That Fights Child Sexual Abuse on Twitter

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Elon Musk Reportedly Slashed the Team That Fights Child Sexual Abuse on Twitter
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Really, really disappointing.

That's a great goal to have — but unfortunately, Musk's actions reportedly aren't aligning with his words.Twitter's formerly 20 person team responsible for preventing child sexual exploitation, which sources allegedly toldWhile sources told the outlet that the new Twitter C-Suite only cut a few of the team's members to start, Musk's now-notorious "hardcore" email pushed several of the team's remaining employees out voluntarily.

And in any case, they say, the problem isn't as simple as just training machine learning models to identify exploitative content. While AI can be helpful in black-and-white situations — picking up on problem words or hashtags, or identifying abusive images — it's not exactly comprehensive. Expert human review is necessary for identifying more complex abusive behaviors like grooming, and it's important to have a diverse, multinational team versed in regional laws and language.

It's worth noting that Musk's initial promise to eliminate child exploitation from the app was in response to a tweet from internet personality Paul Ray Ramsey, who the Southern Poverty Law Center has

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