In Austin, Texas, Elon Musk’s X is employing 100 full-time staffers for a trust and safety unit that moderates child sexual exploitation content. The team will also enforce hate speech moderation. X won’t tolerate CSE online and will increase detection in 2024.
The Austin, Texas-based trust and safety office of Elon Musk’s X (previously Twitter) is apparently hiring 100 full-time workers. Musk dismantled the trust and safety teams worldwide after acquiring the company.
Why is Musk starting a Texas team?
Following analysis of the micros blogging platform, the team would focus on child sexual exploitation moderation (CSEM) content.
X CEO Linda Yaccarino will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 31, 2024, on CSEM.
The X team “will also help with other moderation enforcement, such as those forbidding hate speech”, reports say. The company will post for moderators who will investigate “spam and fraud” and give customer support.
The corporation wrote in its recent blog post, “At X, we have zero tolerance for Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and are determined to make X inhospitable for actors who exploit minors. By 2023, we made CSE online our major priority.”
The company said, “We are also building a Trust and Safety center of excellence in Austin, Texas, to hire more in-house agents to accelerate our impact.”
The business promised to increase detection techniques in 2024 to uncover more reportable content on the site for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
X banned 12.4 million accounts for CSE violations in 2023. It rose from 2.3 million accounts in 2022.
“In 2024, we will continue our strong investment in this critical area and expand our efforts to educate our users about the importance of helping us combat child sexual exploitation online,” the business added.
Conclusion
Elon Musk-owned X is looking for 100 full-time workers for its Austin trust and safety office. As the micros blogging platform is scrutinized, the team will focus on CSEM content. Moderation enforcement, including hate speech, will be assisted by the firm. X wants to increase detection and educate users about online child sexual exploitation in 2024. On January 31, X CEO Linda Yaccarino will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
