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The company made this known in an official post, in the hours in which it suspended searches on the platform concerning Taylor Swift and deepfakes of her of a sexual nature.
The initial goal of the Trust and Safety Center of Excellence in Austin will be to recruit 100 content moderators, focusing on eliminating child sexual exploitation content and other violations of the platform's rules, said Joe Benarroch, head of business operations.
The company purchased by Elon Musk at the end of 2022 almost completely eliminated its content moderation team to cut costs, which is why it ended up in the EU's sights.
Benarroch noted that children under 13 cannot open accounts on X, while young users between the ages of 13 and 17 are automatically set to private and cannot be targeted by advertisers.
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The top executives of Meta, Snap, TikTok, Discord and X will testify before the Justice Committee.
X will be represented by CEO Linda Yaccarino.
Musk, a self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist", after purchasing Twitter-X, removed many rules and readmitted numerous previously banned people, such as Trump.
Last month, the EU announced "formal infringement proceedings" against X under a law designed to combat disinformation and hatred after identifying suspicious posts linked to the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel.
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