EU tells Musk: 'Recruit more staff to moderate Twitter'

Elon Musk has cut Twitter's workforce by more than 50% since October

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Musk advised to increase staff responsible for moderating Twitter in European Union
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Musk advised to increase staff responsible for moderating Twitter in European Union

The EU has told Twitter owner Elon Musk to increase the number of human moderators and fact-checkers who review posts on the microblogging site.

The Financial Times, citing four sources with knowledge of the matter, said European regulators are worried that Twitter relies too heavily on automation for content moderation. Following his ac...

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