Email: Twitter dissolves its Trust and Safety Council, saying it isn’t “the best structure” for “external insights into our product and policy development work” (Cat Zakrzewski/Washington Post)

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Sources: Twitter staff are yet to receive a single official message since Musk took over and are relying on media reports, Musk’s tweets, and private chats  —  Rumors swirl on anonymous apps amid silence from Elon Musk’s leadership team as layoffs loom  —  With rumors of impending layoffs …

The Verge:
Sources: Twitter teams hit hardest by the layoffs span product trust and safety, policy, and fighting election misinformation ahead of next week’s US midterms  —  About half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees are now gone, with teams focused on trust and safety issues hit the hardest.

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
At a WH summit, tech companies, including YouTube, Twitch, Microsoft, and Meta, announce new policies and tools to combat the spread of extremism on their sites  —  The announcements reflect a growing push from the Biden administration to examine the link between online rhetoric and mass shootings

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
FTC sanctions Uber-owned alcohol delivery company Drizly and its CEO for data privacy abuses; Drizly will have to implement new data controls and training  —  The agency’s rare decision to single out Drizly CEO Jason Rellas signals a new approach to data security abuses

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
A tech industry group including Google and Meta sues to block California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, saying it would result in content “over-moderation”  —  It’s the latest legal salvo over the future of social media regulation, an issue that has been appealed to the Supreme Court.

Elon Musk / @elonmusk:
[Thread] Elon Musk says “new Twitter policy” will deboost and demonetize “negative/hate tweets”, reinstates Kathy Griffin, Jordan Peterson, and Babylon Bee  —  New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach. Negative/hate tweets will be max deboosted & demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter. You won’t find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from rest of Internet.