X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has slashed the number of people on its disinformation and election integrity team just weeks after it said it was hiring for new positions to help it guard against foreign interference.

The cuts, first reported by the tech-focused media outlet The Information, included Aaron Rodericks, the head of the team, said a person familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of concerns about professional consequences.

The person familiar with the cuts said four people had been let go — the entirety of X’s election integrity unit in its Dublin office. It’s unclear how many people remain on the team.

X did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

  • @brygphilomena
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    231 year ago

    Didn’t the EU just blast them in the last week or two for the amount of disinformation on their site?

    • @alienanimals
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      91 year ago

      Elon Musk will do literally anything to stay in the 24 hour news cycle. Idiots lap it up.