Elon Musk quietly ordered the removal of Twitter's suicide prevention feature, Reuters reported, but the company said it will soon be replaced.
Elon Musk has made sweeping changes to Twitter since his $44 billion acquisition went through in October.Twitter has restored a suicide prevention feature which Elon Musk ordered to be removed this week, per Reuters.
The function disappeared this week, with Twitter's head of safety saying it was working on a replacement.Twitter has resored its suicide prevention feature following pressure from campaign groups, after Elon Musk quietly ordered the removal of the feature in recent days, Reuters reported. reported the #ThereIsHelp feature, which appeared when users viewed certain content, had disappeared from Twitter this week.Ella Irwin, Twitter's head of trust and safety, had since told Reuters in an email that"we have been fixing and revamping our prompts. They were just temporarily removed while we do that. We expect to have them back up next week."
The immediate restoration comes ahead of Irwin's schedule, and follows a backlash from advocacy groups and former memebers of the company's safety board.related to topics including HIV, mental health and suicide prevention, vaccines, and gender-based violence.
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