X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has fired its head of threat intelligence, Aaron Rodericks, and four other members of the team responsible for combating disinformation and misinformation, just months before the US Republican primaries mark the beginning of the 2024 American election cycle—and a year in which more than 50 countries around the world go to the polls.
Just weeks ago, the company said in a blog post that it was expanding its “safety and elections” teams. Around this same time, Rodericks announced on his LinkedIn that his team was adding eight new roles in preparation
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