Next year will be celebrated until 70 elections This could be very important for the political future of the world. Among these, the presidency United States of Americawill probably meet again Joe Biden And donald trump. However, this does not seem to be a concern Elon Muskchoosing to cut half of the global team dedicated to ensuring election integrity X, social network previously known as… excitement.
According to Tuesday’s ‘The Information’, the company has laid off four Dublin-based employees, eliminating the need for a global team. Before Musk’s arrival, the department had more than 20 professionals dedicated to detecting and stopping election threats and interference. Now there would be six in total.
“Are you talking about the ‘election integrity’ team that undermined the integrity of the elections? Yes, they are gone,” the businessman said in a post on X.
Conflicting versions
Among those fired last Friday stands out Aaron Rodericks, who had been the election integrity department’s current co-director. The Irish court’s interim injunction found X right by preventing sanctions against him for ‘liking’ tweets criticizing Musk and the company’s CEO. Linda Yaccarino.
But the outage contradicts promises from the former Twitter, which promised to expand security teams to monitor election processes in less than a month. Musk’s playful remarks also contradict the version presented by Yaccarino, who pledged to strengthen the election integrity department in an interview published this Wednesday in ‘Financial Times’.
The rise of misinformation
Layoffs were revealed a day later European Union (EU) has again scolded Musk for failing to comply with its code of conduct, which ranks X as the platform with the highest fraud rate of all major platforms. social networksamong them Facebook, YouTube, instagram And tiktok.
“Since taking over X, Elon Musk has used the platform to promote antisemitism, hate speech, and misinformation, playing into the hands of bad actors. Russia, Chinese And Iranian“Kyle Morse, deputy general manager of the non-profit organization Tech Oversight, expressed his sadness in his statement. The slap from Brussels also points in this direction.
With all this, X remains an important space for discussion and dissemination of political ideas, especially during election season. During the rest of the year, elections will be held in countries such as Poland, Colombia, Portugal, Egypt and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2024, in addition to the elections in the USA, elections to the European Parliament, Russia, India, Mexico, Australia, South Africa, Indonesia, Ukraine, Venezuela or Pakistan also stand out.