{"id":513039,"date":"2022-11-20T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-turmoil-staff-exodus-aggravate-security-concerns\/"},"modified":"2022-11-20T15:00:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T12:00:02","slug":"twitter-turmoil-staff-exodus-aggravate-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-turmoil-staff-exodus-aggravate-security-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"#Twitter turmoil, staff exodus aggravate security concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ac8edf0313\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ac8edf0313\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-turmoil-staff-exodus-aggravate-security-concerns\/#%E2%80%9CTwitter_turmoil_staff_exodus_aggravate_security_concerns%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Twitter turmoil, staff exodus aggravate security concerns&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTwitter_turmoil_staff_exodus_aggravate_security_concerns%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Twitter turmoil, staff exodus aggravate security concerns&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/the-hashtag-riptwitter.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/the-hashtag-riptwitter.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"The hashtag #RIPTwitter gained huge traction on the site after resignations poured in from employees who chose &quot;no&quot; to Musk's demand that they either be &quot;extremely hardcore&quot; or exit the company.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/the-hashtag-riptwitter.jpg\" alt=\"The hashtag #RIPTwitter gained huge traction on the site after resignations poured in from employees who chose &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; to\" title=\"The hashtag #RIPTwitter gained huge traction on the site after resignations poured in from employees who chose &quot;no&quot; to Musk's demand that they either be &quot;extremely hardcore&quot; or exit the company.\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                The hashtag #RIP<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> gained huge traction on the site after resignations poured in from employees who chose &#8220;no&#8221; to Musk&#8217;s demand that they either be &#8220;extremely hardcore&#8221; or exit the company.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Twitter&#8217;s owner Elon Musk has pledged the platform will not become a &#8220;hellscape,&#8221; but experts fear a staff exodus following mass layoffs may have devastated its ability to combat misinformation, impersonation and data theft.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                Twitter devolved into what campaigners described as a cesspit of falsehoods and hate speech after recent layoffs cut half the company&#8217;s 7,500 staff and fake accounts proliferated following its botched rollout of a paid verification system.<\/p>\n<p>Further throwing the influential platform into disarray -\u2013 and raising doubt about its very existence -\u2013 reports said hundreds of employees chose to depart the company Thursday in defiance of an ultimatum from Musk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The huge number of layoffs and resignations raises serious questions about content moderation and the security of user data,&#8221; Cheyenne Hunt-Majer, from the nonprofit Public Citizen, told AFP. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is imperative that (US regulators) act with urgency as users could have their sensitive data exploited or even stolen given the lack of sufficient staff that remain to adequately protect it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The hashtag #RIPTwitter gained huge traction on the site after resignations poured in from employees who chose &#8220;no&#8221; to Musk&#8217;s demand that they either be &#8220;extremely hardcore&#8221; or exit the company.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter has plunged into turmoil as Musk, a self-professed free speech absolutist, seeks to shake up the money-losing company after his blockbuster $44 billion buyout late last month.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;Debacle&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The site&#8217;s content moderation teams -\u2013 largely outsourced contractors that combat misinformation \u2013- have been axed and a number of engineers fired after openly criticizing Musk on Twitter or on an internal messaging board, according to reports and tweets.<\/p>\n<p>Wary brands have paused or slowed down ad spending -\u2013 Twitter&#8217;s biggest revenue source -\u2013 after a spike in racist and antisemitic trolling on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Misinformation super spreaders&#8221; \u2013- or untrustworthy accounts peddling falsehoods\u2014saw a 57 percent jump in engagement in the week after Musk&#8217;s acquisition of Twitter, according to a survey by the nonprofit watchdog group <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>Guard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Elon Musk has swiftly decimated Twitter&#8217;s ability to maintain the platform&#8217;s integrity, health and safety,&#8221; said Jessica Gonzalez, co-chief executive officer at the nonpartisan group Free Press.<br \/>\n                                            <!-- Google middle Adsense block --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If there is one lesson that all social-media platforms must take away from this debacle, it&#8217;s that without protecting users from hate and lies you have no company at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a response to critics, Musk on Friday indicated a new direction for content moderation on the site.<\/p>\n<p>While not being totally removed from the site, Musk said that &#8220;negative\/hate tweets&#8221; will be &#8220;max deboosted (and) demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You won&#8217;t find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from rest of Internet,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>But his plan fell on skeptical ears.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;Significant blow&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We could certainly see a spike in misinformation, hate speech, and other objectionable content because of Musk&#8217;s latest moves,&#8221; Zeve Sanderson, executive director of the New York University&#8217;s Center for Social Media and Politics, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Content moderation is a lot harder to do without people around to actually do content moderation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Potentially adding to the pressure: Musk on Saturday restored the Twitter account of Donald Trump, 22 months after the then-president was suspended over the US Capitol riot by his supporters seeking to overturn the 2020 election result.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, a regulatory agency, a group of Democratic senators blamed Musk for introducing &#8220;alarming&#8221; new features that undermined safety despite warnings that they would be &#8220;abused for fraud, scams and dangerous impersonation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Users are already facing the serious repercussions of this growth-at-all-costs strategy,&#8221; they wrote in the letter published Thursday, noting the recent spike in fake accounts impersonating companies, politicians and celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>Among the victims was drugmaker Eli Lilly, whose stock price nosedived\u2014erasing billions in market capitalization\u2014after a parody account stamped with a verification tag purchased for $8 tweeted that insulin was being made available for free.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Twitter disabled sign-ups for the contentious feature known as Twitter Blue, with reports saying it had been temporarily disabled to help address impersonation issues\u2014but not before several brands took a hit.<\/p>\n<p>Given the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent vulnerabilities, digital experts have warned activists, particularly in autocratic countries, of the increased risk of identity theft or their private messages falling into the hands of hackers. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Around the world, Twitter is used to organize against oppression,&#8221; said Hunt-Majer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Musk&#8217;s mismanagement kills it, that would be a significant blow to freedom of information and, frankly, human rights in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> on a global scale.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Twitter turmoil, staff exodus aggravate security concerns (2022, November 20)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 20 November 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2022-11-twitter-turmoil-staff-exodus-aggravate.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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