In late October, Tesla CEO Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter went through — and the company has been in a state of chaos ever since. Musk has fired many of Twitter's top executives, much of the content moderation team is gone, and overtly racists posts have become more common on the social media platform. On top of that, the Associated Press reported, on December 13, that Musk has "dissolved" Twitter's Trust and Safety Council.
The Council, AP reports, "provided expertise and guidance on how Twitter could better combat hate, harassment and other harms but didn't have any decision-making authority and didn't review specific content disputes." Patricia Cartes, who was a member of the Council, told AP that Council's demise "means there's no more checks and balances" at Twitter.
