Elon Musk’s X goals to rent 100 content material moderators in Austin by finish of yr

Social media firm X is within the technique of hiring 100 content material moderators for a brand new workplace in Austin, Texas that may concentrate on combating little one abuse content material, a purpose it hopes to finish by the top of the yr, an X govt stated on Saturday.The Elon Musk-owned firm introduced the brand new “Belief and Security heart of excellence” forward of a U.S. Senate listening to on Jan. 31 about on-line little one sexual exploitation. X Chief Government Linda Yaccarino is scheduled to testify, together with the CEOs of Meta Platforms, Snap, TikTok and Discord.

“The workforce is at the moment being constructed,” stated Joe Benarroch, X’s head of enterprise operations, referring to the Austin workplace, including the purpose to fill the positions by the top of the yr relies on discovering the proper expertise.

Since Musk acquired the corporate previously generally known as Twitter in 2022, the billionaire has been criticized for his personal controversial posts and his efforts to overtake the platform’s content material moderation insurance policies.

In a weblog submit on Friday, X stated it suspended 12.4 million accounts final yr for violating its guidelines in opposition to little one sexual exploitation, which it stated was up from 2.3 million account suspensions in 2022.

The brand new Austin heart will even assist the corporate struggle different varieties of dangerous content material, X stated.