Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

NEW: X is hiring two dozen trust and safety, and security folks, after two years of layoffs which gutted the company, and those teams in particular.

For context, last year X disclosed that it had cut 80% of trust and safety staff in the Musk era.

More detailed stats about the mass firings in the below chart, courtesy of Australia's online safety commissioner.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/04/x-is-hiring-staff-for-security-and-safety-after-two-years-of-layoffs/

X is hiring staff for security and safety after two years of layoffs | TechCrunch

The hiring effort comes after X, formerly known as Twitter, laid off 80% of its trust and safety staff since Musk's takeover.

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Sep 4, 2024 at 7:47pmWeb
Show threadVessOnSecuritySep 4, 2024
@lorenzofb Well, of course it is hiring. It needs to have people available for layoffs the next year.
Show threadKarl AuerbachSep 4, 2024
@lorenzofb What?! Twitter has "trust" or "security"? No way.
Show threadDarylSomethingSep 4, 2024
@lorenzofb the current staff is struggling to keep up against the flow of ...information
Show threadLesley Carhart Sep 4, 2024
@lorenzofb not for half a mil.
Show threadA. Walton @ MastodonSep 4, 2024
@lorenzofb they're going to have to offer *the world* for anyone to accept that job. The therapy bills for the abuse by the owner alone...
Show threadArena Cops 🇺🇦✌Sep 5, 2024
@lorenzofb Musk's pants are filling bit by bit facing harsh EU sanctions over his gross willful negligence towards data & user safety regulations enforced by the Europeans.
And he fully deserves to get his butt kicked thinking he could anyhow be allowed to create a lawless virtual space of his own miserable making, just because he & his subversive accomplices bought a microblogging laws-ignoring shitpool for $44 billion.
Btw, what's former twitter, now Xitpool worth today? $15 billion or $1.5 billion?
Bye bye, Elon.🤑🤑🤑