WASHINGTON: Elon Musk who owns Twitter has pledged the platform will not become a “hellscape,”.
However, experts fear that staff shortages as a result of mass layoffs may have ruined its ability to counter misinformation, impersonation, and data theft.
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Twitter turned into what campaigners see as a cesspool of falsehoods and hate speech after recent layoffs showed the door to half the company’s 7,500 staff. In the meantime, fake accounts proliferated following its botched rollout of the Blue Tick.
According to the reports, hundreds of employees left the company on Thursday in response to an ultimatum from Musk also throwing further the platform into disarray. The recent moves have also raised doubt about the very existence of the influential platform. The experts have underlined the need to act with urgency to ensure that the users’ sensitive data is not exploited or even stolen due to a lack of sufficient staff.
Following resignations from the employees opposed to Musk’s demand that they either be “extremely hardcore” or exit the company, the hashtag #RIPTwitter gained huge traction on the site. Twitter has plunged into turmoil as Musk seeks to shake up the money-losing company after his $44bn buyout in October. — AFP/APP
