Joe Benarroch, X's head of business operations, said the company plans to open a new office in Austin, Texas, for a team that will focus on content moderation. reports. The “Trust and Safety Center of Excellence,” for which the company plans to hire 100 full-time employees, will focus primarily on stopping the spread of child sexual exploitation (CSE) material.
X CEO Linda Yaccarino is scheduled to testify before Congress on Wednesday in a hearing on the CSE, and the platform late last week released a about its efforts to combat such content, saying it is “determined to make X inhospitable to actors who seek to exploit minors.”
According to BloombergBenarroch said: “X does not have a child-focused business line, but it is important that we make these investments to continue to prevent offenders from using our platform for any distribution or interaction with content CSE. » The team will also tackle other content issues, like hate speech and “violent messages,” according to Bloomberg. Elon Musk spent much of his first year at