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Elon Musk’s X cancels contract of Irish trust and safety team

CPL, the Irish outsourcing group, has made 72 workers redundant after the decision was made to move the contract to Lisbon

Elon Musk and chief executive Linda Yaccarino oversee trust and safety at the company

Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, has cancelled a trust and safety contract with an Irish outsourcing company, the Business Post can reveal.

CPL, the Irish recruitment and outsourcing group, has made 72 workers redundant in recent weeks, telling them the decision is outside of its control after X cancelled a legal operations contract it held with the firm.

The impacted staff were in charge of monitoring content on X in France, Germany and South Korea.