Tech layoffs ravage the teams that fight online misinformation and hate speech

Meta, Amazon , Alphabet and Twitter have all drastically reduced the size of their teams focused on internet trust and safety as well as ethics as the companies focus on cost cuts.

As part of Meta 's mass layoffs, the company ended a fact-checking project that had taken half a year to build, according to people familiar with the matter.

Tech executives highlighted their commitment to "do more with less," bo Arjun Narayan tivity with fewer resources.

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