"Twitter’s Human Rights Lawyer Says Elon Musk Axed the Entire Human Rights Team", 4 November 2022

Twitter’s now-former human rights lawyer said that as part of the drastic job cuts order by Elon Musk, the company has shut down the entire Human Rights department and laid off the team.

“Yesterday was my last day at Twitter: the entire Human Rights team has been cut from the company,” Shannon Raj Singh said. “I am enormously proud of the work we did to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights, to protect those at-risk in global conflicts & crises including Ethiopia, Afghanistan, and Ukraine, and to defend the needs of those particularly at risk of human rights abuse by virtue of their social media presence, such as journalists & human rights defenders,” she added.

After Twitter began its massive layoffs Thursday evening, laid off employees painted a picture of deep cuts to crucial parts of the company, including content moderation...