X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has slashed the number of people on its disinformation and election integrity team just weeks after it said it was hiring for new positions to help it guard against foreign interference.

The cuts, first reported by the tech-focused media outlet The Information, included Aaron Rodericks, the head of the team, said a person familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of concerns about professional consequences.

The person familiar with the cuts said four people had been let go — the entirety of X’s election integrity unit in its Dublin office. It’s unclear how many people remain on the team.

X did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

  • @[email protected]
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    99 months ago

    in before “it’s just one guy”, “Loan wolf”, and “is he really a Nazi, you just call everyone a Nazi”

    • Flying Squid
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      39 months ago

      I am looking forward to the denial of Richard Spencer being a Nazi.