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The Twitter Massacre

• https://www.lewrockwell.com by Moon of Alabama

Yesterday 3,700 of its 7,500 workers were fired. That is not good, but the company was losing money and making money is at the core of the capitalist game.

Of interest is what functions were eliminated. The Guardian provides this list:

From news reports and terminated employees' announcements, here's what we know so far about the teams that have been hit by the layoffs of thousands of Twitter employees:

The human rights team has been laid off, according to a now former employee, Shannon Raj Singh, who said the team worked to protect those at risk in global conflicts, including in Ukraine, Afghanistan and Ethiopia.

The ML (machine learning) Ethics, Transparency and Accountability team is gone, according to a tweet of a laid-off manager.

The "internet technology team", which helps keep the site running, has been cut to "a skeleton crew", two sources told the Times.

An accessibly experience engineering team has been cut, according to a laid-off engineering manager.

The curation team, responsible for the Moments feature on Twitter, has also been cut, former employees reported.

Twitter's communications department is almost entirely gone, according to the Verge.

Other areas that have been heavily impacted, the Verge reported, include product trust and safety, policy, research and social good.

What were these teams actually doing?

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