The European Commissioner for Justice expressed concern in Dublin on Thursday about job cuts at Twitter following Elon Musk’s takeover following press reports of the group’s Brussels office closing. “We are worried about the decision to employ fewer and fewer people in the company”This was announced by EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders in Dublin, where Twitter and other US technology groups have their European headquarters.
“When we discuss hate speech, I’m sure we need human resources.”he added after the meeting with Twitter representatives. “If you want to effectively identify and take action against misinformation and propaganda, it takes resources. Especially in the context of disinformation warfare.”Vice President of the European Commission Vera Yurova wrote on Twitter.
An estimate from the European Union showed that the number of hate speech alerts reviewed by major social networks within 24 hours increased from 90% in 2020 to 81% in 2021 and 64% in 2022. The numbers show that only YouTube improved its removal rate. for hate content, as defined by the European Union’s code of conduct, as efforts by Twitter and other tech companies have declined.
Concerns about Twitter have grown since Elon Musk took control of it on Thursday. According to the Financial Times, the company has dismantled its Brussels office after the departure of executives responsible for compliance with European Union rules. “This is an additional concern, because it is very important for us to have a team dedicated to relations with European institutions.”said Didier Reynders in response to the Financial Times article.
“Optimistic by nature»
However, the European Commissioner added that it is so “Naturally Optimistic” and that he has received commitments that the Twitter team in Dublin will take over this role. Elon Musk laid off about half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees, including many of those working on counterintelligence, after acquiring the company last month. While in Dublin, Didier Reynders is also scheduled to meet with representatives of Facebook owner Meta on Friday.
Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on November 9 about the loss of 11,000 jobs, or about 13% of the workforce, due to the decline in advertising. Meta and Twitter’s European operations are based in Ireland, as are Google, Apple and Microsoft, making the Irish Data Protection Agency the main regulator of their accounts in Europe.
Source: Le Figaro
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