A "Vote" and Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Crist sign outside a polling location in Saint Petersburg, Florida, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, running unopposed in Tuesdays primary as he goes for a second term, has amassed $142 million from the start of 2021 through August 5 this year from donors including the hedge fund billionaires Ken Griffin and Paul Tudor Jones. Photographer: Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg
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Twitter limits content-enforcement tools as US election looms
Most people who work in Twitter’s Trust and Safety organization are currently unable to alter or penalize accounts that break rules around misleading information, offensive posts and hate speech, except for the most high-impact violations that would involve real-world harm.
By Kurt Wagner, Ed Ludlow, Jackie Davalos and Davey Alba
(Bloomberg) — Twitter Inc., the social network being overhauled by new owner Elon Musk, has frozen some employee access to internal tools used for content moderation and other policy enforcement, curbing the staff's ability to clamp down on misinformation ahead of a major US election.
Most people who work in Twitter's Trust and Safety organization are currently unable to alter or penalize accounts that break rules around misleading information, offensive posts and hate speech, except for the most high-impact violations that would involve real-world harm, according to people familiar with the matter. Those posts were prioritized for manual enforcement, they said.
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