Of the many cuts Elon Musk has made since coming to Twitter, this has been one of the most notable the one related to the moderator teams the social network he now manages. Practically from the moment the massive layoffs began, reports also began to emerge about how many types of content that were previously penalized under the service’s rules of use were now being published and maintained on the social network without anyone doing so. something about it.

Twitter moderation is a tricky business because there are almost as many interpretations Where is the line between moderation and censorship? like people who use social networks. However, there are certain types of messages, such as threats, clearly discriminatory language, or infringing content, that the moderation teams must identify and remove. The problem is that these have been reduced to a minimum according to multiple sources.

For example, in recent weeks it has emerged that many users are now using the social network to share links to download and/or watch copyrighted movies and series, and that, to the surprise of many, these messages are published and visible. Knowing how administrators and copyright owners spend it, this could be a huge problem for Twitter.

Some regulatory bodies, such as the European They watched closely Twitter steps under Elon Musk. Let’s recall that it was already decided on it before the purchase operation was completed, so we could imagine that the organizations involved have not stopped following the movements of the social network since then.

Now we have a clear confirmation of this because, as we can read in Ars Technica, Brussels told Musk to hire more human moderators and fact-checkers to check posts. Recall that, unlike Facebook, Twitter does not have employees dedicated to verifying news and publications, which makes it a more suitable platform for the publication of fake news.

Twitter commitment to use artificial intelligence for content moderation as well as unpaid volunteers who report inappropriate content and false news on the social network. At this point, European regulators are not opposed to such means, but believe that, at least in their current state, they are insufficient, and therefore encourage the social network to increase the number of employees of the pool with more moderators, compared to the trend of recent months.