"Twitter was already a hellscape before Musk took over. His actions in the past week will only make it worse," said Free Press Co-CEO Jessica J. González.
A coalition of civil-rights groups is escalating a call for brands to halt spending on the platform in light of what they see as inflammatory rhetoric and problematic policy changes from Musk.
Free Press Co-CEO Jessica J. González pushed back on Musk’s claim that content-moderation rules — an operation she said was already “dangerously underresourced” — had not changed.
Leaders say the layoffs undermine the commitments Musk made to the groups to keep safety and election-integrity measures in place on the platform ahead of Election Day.