Elon Musk’s X has hired a new content moderation team, sparking free speech concerns.
Soon after X (formerly Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino boasted about how much censorship occurs on the platform, Bloomberg reported that a new 100-person moderation team is coming to X. While the Texas-based team — dubbed the “Trust and Safety center of excellence” — will reportedly “mainly” deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) content, the hiring of dozens of new censors raises concerns about increased censorship on X.
Bloomberg noted that Yaccarino is scheduled to testify before the Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 31 about how her platform deals with CSE content. The outlet indicated the announcement of X’s new censorship team could be linked to Yaccarino’s upcoming Senate testimony.
Despite X owner Elon Musk’s stated goals of…
