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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Nadeem Badshah

UN urges Elon Musk to ensure Twitter respects human rights

Volker Türk
Volker Türk was appointed the UN high commissioner for Human Rights in October 2022. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

Elon Musk has been urged by the UN to make respect for human rights central to Twitter after suggestions that as many as half of its more than 7,500 staff could be sacked.

In an open letter, Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said that reports of the new owner laying off the platform’s entire human rights team were “not, from my perspective, an encouraging start”.

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