Days After

Days after took over and just before the in America, the social media site has limited some content moderation tools.
It may hamper staff's ability to stop misinformation, as they will not be able to manually change or punish accounts.
The change is the latest implemented by Musk and comes after he made significant staff cuts and fired the Twitter board, making himself the sole member.
He is also reportedly considering other major new ideas, including charging $20 a month for verification. 
Those working in Twitter's Trust and Safety organization are currently unable to alter or punish accounts breaking the platform's rules on misleading information, offensive posts and hate speech.
According to insiders on the matter, they can only penalize people making posts that violate Twitter rules to the extent of real-world harm, according to.
They added that the team were manually enforcing those posts. 
The change is the latest implemented by Musk, pictured at Twitter HQ, www.cruisewhat.com and comes after he made significant staff cuts and fired the Twitter board, making himself the sole member
At Twitter, staff have dashboards, called agent tools, in order to ban or suspend accounts that have breached policy (file image)
At Twitter, staff have dashboards, called agent tools, in order to ban or suspend accounts that have breached policy.   
Policy breaches can be detected automatically or flagged by other Twitter users.
However, only Twitter employees can remove or suspend accounts by using the dashboard. 
But the tools have been out of use since last week, according to insiders. 
It is alleged that this restriction has been put in place as Twitter transitions to Musk ownership in a bid to stop changes to the app being asked for by employees. 
Sources at the company who asked to remain anonymous revealed that the high level of access to the tools given to employees has dropped from in the hundreds to just 15.
Sources at the company who asked to remain anonymous revealed that the high level of access to the tools given to employees has dropped from in the hundreds to just 15
Fears are growing that it will be harder to apply Twitter policies and filter out misinformation as the US creeps ever closer to the midterms on November 8. 
Employees on the team have to enforce misinformation and civic integrity policies.

These rules were routinely violated by former President Trump in the run up to the 2020 elections and afterward, according to Twitter. 
It comes after misinformation messaging on the site during the Brazil presidential election, which finished yesterday and saw left-wing Lula voted back in. 
The team had limited access to the internal tools for moderation. Twitter uses automated enforcement technology and third-party contractors.
But high level violations are usually reviewed by those working for Twitter, according to insiders.  
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