Elon Musk disbands Twitter’s Trust and Safety advisory group formed to address hate speech

‘Our work to make Twitter a safe will be moving faster and more aggressively’

Elon Musk has dissolved a key advisory group at Twitter consisting of about 100 independent organisations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child abuse, and other harmful content on the platform.

Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council was expected to convene on Monday but was instead sent an email informing the Council was disbanded shortly before the scheduled meeting, the Associated Press reported.

In the email, Twitter reportedly said it was “reevaluating how best to bring external insights” adding that the council is “not the best structure to do this”.