New Twitter CEO Elon Musk became “the sole director” of Twitter on Monday after he moved to disband the social media company’s board of directors.
The move became official in a securities filing that stated that the members of the board, which included some recently fired top executives, were no longer directors “in accordance with the terms of the merger agreement,” CNN reported.
Musk also took action to limit the ability of Twitter employees to moderate content and enforce that platform’s often criticized rules.
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Bloomberg News reported that “most” of Twitter’s Trust and Safety team is “unable to alter or penalize accounts that break rules around misleading information, offensive posts and hate speech,” except for extreme circumstances in which real-world harm could happen if action is not taken.
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