Twitter Accessibility Team News Today

Twitter’s workforce has shrunk from 7,500 to 2,000, and last year’s layoffs eliminated the accessibility team. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) urged Elon Musk to reinstate the accessibility team in an open letter. “Not surprisingly, since you shut down Twitter’s Accessibility Team, disabled users have reported increased difficulty and frustration using Twitter,” Markey wrote. In 2020, …

As Elon Musk continues to sack Twitter employees, the micro-blogging platform is in no position now to protect users from trolling, state-driven disinformation campaigns and even child sexual exploitation, the media reported on Monday.Current ...

"All of these changes under your leadership signal a disregard for the needs of disabled people," Markey wrote to Musk.

San Francisco, Feb 28 (IANS) Twitter is down to less than 2,000 employees from 7,500 a few months ago and now US Senator Ed Markey has called on Twitter CEO

Twitter is down to less than 2,000 employees from 7,500 a few months ago and now US Senator Ed Markey has called on Twitter CEO Elon Musk to bring the accessibility team back as differently-abled people have reported increased difficulty and ...

Sen. Ed Markey, Massachusetts Democrat, sent an open letter to Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Friday that criticized him for eliminating the company's accessibility team and called for its reinstatement.

I rely on Twitter and hope it survives, but the stakes are much higher for people who are disabled, fighting oppression or literally fighting a war.

Marlee Matlin condemned Elon Musk for cutting Twitter's accessibility team, noting that it compromises being a "game changer" for disabled people.