(Boursier.com) — Twitter would activate, in the face of repeated accusations from Elon Musk. The social media network would combine teams working on reducing toxic content and spam bots. According to an internal memo cited by Reuters, Twitter is creating a new group called “Health Products and Services” by combining its team that works to reduce misinformation and harmful content, with its team that reviews profiles flagged by users. users and delete spam accounts, while business needs teams to focus on specific issues, working together as one team. The article notes that in response to former security chief Peter Zatko’s allegations, Twitter said they were intended to attract attention and harm the company. Twitter also officially stands by its earlier remarks about spam and bot accounts.
Elon Musk would have requested information from the former leader and founder of the social media network, Jack Dorsey, to help him demonstrate the unreasonable level of fake and bot accounts. Twitter is also accused of misleading federal regulators about its security defenses and spam accounts, CNN and the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing revelations from the media company’s former security chief. social, Peiter Zatko. Twitter executives reportedly lacked the resources to fully understand the true number of bots on the platform and were unmotivated to do so, CNN reported, citing Zatko. Twitter is embroiled in a legal battle with Musk, after the billionaire said in July that he was ending the deal to buy the company for $44 billion, alleging Twitter breached the contract. A trial is scheduled for October 17.
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