Twitter layoffs gutted election information teams days before midterms

Washington Post ^ | 11/04/2022 | Drew Harwell, Cat Zakrzewski, Isaac Stanley-Becker

[simpson96]

Devastating cuts to Twitter’s workforce on Friday, four days before the midterm elections, are fueling anxieties among political campaigns and election offices that have counted on the social network’s staff to help them combat violent threats and viral lies.

The mass layoffs Friday gutted teams devoted to combating election misinformation, adding context to misleading tweets and communicating with journalists, public officials and campaign staff.

The layoffs included a number of people who were scheduled to be on call this weekend and early next week to monitor for signs of foreign disinformation, spam and other problematic content around the election, one former employee told The Washington Post. As of Friday morning, employee access to internal tools used for content moderation continued to be restricted, limiting staff’s ability to respond to misinformation.

[simpson96]

It took three WaPo "journalists" to whine sufficiently about this.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"...are fueling anxieties among political campaigns and election offices that have counted on the social network’s staff to help them STEAL ELECTIONS."

[IncPen]

The fix is out!

Are experts surprised?

[JimRed]

Definition of viral lies: anything other than his name spoken by a Democrat candidate.

[Magnum44]

[drSteve78]

“Oh my, oh my, now we are going to have to actually appeal to dumbasses, i mean the masses…”

[hardspunned]

“fueling anxieties among political campaigns and election offices that have counted on the social network’s staff to help them combat violent threats and viral lies.”

The “social network’s staff” they’re so concerned about are the DHS goons and stooges who have been running Twitter.

[BenLurkin]

bttt!

[dadfly]

yeah!

[Jamestown1630]

I feel bad for anyone who would rely on Twitter for ‘election information’...

[Rummyfan]

Devastating cuts to Twitter’s workforce on Friday, four days before the midterm elections, are fueling anxieties among political campaigns and election offices that have counted on the social network’s staff to help them combat violent threats and viral lies.

What a load of bullsh*t.....

[Jim Noble]

fueling anxieties among political campaigns and election offices that have counted on the social network’s staff to help them combat violent threats and viral lies

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The massive loads of bullsh!t they have been slinging at us lately are just unbelievable. They are WAY off the charts from what has been slung before.

[Gay State Conservative]

WOMEN AND MINORITIES HIT HARDEST

[gswilder]

Here is election dis-information and cheating.. regarding the Dem who is running for AG...

AZ 2018 - he was SOS... They did an emergency opening of polling places in Maricopa... He shared with Sinema’s team but not the republican (McSally?).... Sinema banked thousands of votes that weekend, but republican was cheated.

[Maris Crane]

GOOD, GOOD AND VERY GOOD.

Now, big tech has a National Emergency. GOOD again.

[Maris Crane]

Don’t ya love it when Wash Post...PLOTZES?????

This is great.

ooooo, oooooo we won’t be able to LIE ABOUT THINGS AS EASILY, OH, OH WOE IS ME..........

[ocrp1982]

The handwringing by Leftists over Musk’s takeover of their favorite Propaganda Outlet is just wonderful to witness.

[Delta 21]

OMG! How are folks gonna know what to think on election day now?!

[TomGuy]

“fueling anxieties among political campaigns and election offices that have counted on the social network’s staff to help them combat violent threats and viral lies.”

And that is going to impact everyone by increasing the speed of climate change!

O the hugh manatee!

This is on the level of weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.