Twitter staff cuts leave Russian trolls unchecked

“leaving the platform vulnerable to foreign manipulation.”

I thought Twitter is a global platform? If so, what could be a “foreign manipulation”?

The approach of Musk is clearly less moderation. Tying the layoff of staff with more trolls is IMO somewhat misleading because it’s not the root cause of the issue, merely a collateral consequence of the new policy.

Less moderation except when it comes to speech he objects to personally.

Feature, not a bug.

If you really can't imagine what "foreign manipulation" is, it's manipulation by a foreign entity. Doesn't matter whether Twitter is global or not - if e.g. a foreign state employs people to spread misinformation on your platform, it doesn't matter whether your offering is local or global, it's still manipulation.

BBC interviewing Elon on Twitter https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XqJKAnN0-gM

Probably required watching before deciding if BBC's view here is unbiased

as intended