Elon Musk said he spoke with the leaders of various civil rights groups about his efforts to 'combat hate & harassment' on Twitter — but one organization said he met with a 'rogue' employee who was fired last month.
In a separate statement, the leaders of the NAACP, the National Urban League and the National Action Network blasted Musk for unleashing "the worst of human nature."
Meanwhile, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson — one of the civil rights leaders who attended the meeting —Wednesday of having"unwittingly freed people to unleash the worst of human nature with communities of color and religious minorities bearing the greatest burden." Musk then reiterated that the company will be putting together a"content moderation council" to help with its decisions and that it will not bring back any users banned from Twitter"until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks."
"Her meeting with Mr. Musk was wholly unauthorized and breached our agreements and repeated notifications. Ms. Benavides is, in fact, a rogue, former respected leader who has decided to place herself above the organization that trusted her," Cruz added. In separate interviews Wednesday, civic leaders who attended the Zoom meeting shared their impressions of Musk and said they hoped he follows through on his commitment to make Twitter a safer place for people of color and other vulnerable groups.
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