Elon Musk has continued his battle in opposition to “woke” titles and departments, with “Trust and Safety” now apparently thought-about too politically appropriate. Or one thing.
At present, X (previously Twitter) has announced that it’s altering the identify of its “Trust and Safety” crew to simply “Safety.”
Which isn’t actually a lot of an announcement, however in case you go on the lookout for X’s Belief and Security crew in future, that is the place you’ll discover it.
As defined by X:
“Trust is something that must be earned. And as an entirely new company, with an entirely new set of priorities, we are intentionally renaming our Trust & Safety team to Safety. Our team remains indispensable, and our mission stays the same: to provide a safe environment for all users on the platform – on their terms.”
Which is a weird paragraph on numerous fronts, and loads of phrases to announce the identify change.
Elon adopted this up along with his personal feedback, saying that:
“Any organization that puts “Trust” of their identify can not trusted, as that’s clearly a euphemism for censorship. Belief is one thing that should be earned. The aim of our Security crew is just to make sure compliance with the legal guidelines that exist already to guard the individuals.”
Which can also be a wierd assertion, however once more, the gist is that “trust” implies unhealthy issues in Elon’s world, so X received’t be utilizing that time period anymore.
X has additionally underlined its key objectives of defending its customers, resisting censorship and selling transparency.
Elon stays devoted to combating censorship wherever he sees it, and ignoring it the place he doesn’t, with Musk himself persevering with to censor numerous people, publications, and other entities, both by way of on-platform penalties or authorized motion, nevertheless he sees match.
So who is aware of what any of this truly means inside his chosen context, however once more, the essential information is that if you wish to discover X’s “Trust and Safety team”, you’re now solely on the lookout for “Safety” as an alternative.
Nothing adjustments operationally. Simply the identify.
FYI.
