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Recruit to moderate. The social network The purpose of this “center of excellence for safety”based in Austin, Texas (United States), will recruit a “hundreds of moderators”focused above all on this type of messages, but also on other violations of the rules of the social network, Joe Benarroch, director of operations of X, told AFP on Saturday January 27. He also specified that in total, more than 2,000 people (employed by X or subcontractors) already moderate the content.

“X does not have a child-focused business”underlined Joe Benarroch, “But it is important that we make these investments to prevent offenders from using our platform for any type of distribution or engagement with child sexual abuse content.”. Note that these announcements come before a major hearing in the US Senate on Wednesday, entitled “Tech giants and the crisis of online sexual abuse of minors”.

The company, bought by Elon Musk at the end of 2022, published Friday a statement on his efforts in this area, saying “determined to make X inhospitable to actors who seek to exploit minors”. Joe Benarroch also reminded that children under 13 cannot open an account. Minors who register are subject to stricter rules in terms of data confidentiality, and are not targeted with advertising.