Amazon’s Twitch Safety, AI Ethics Job Cuts Raise Concerns Among Ex-Workers
- Some of those let go worry content-monitoring effort will slip
- They say the company will be more dependent on outside help
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Job cuts at Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch division are raising concerns among former employees and content monitors about the popular livestreaming site’s ability to police abusive or illegal behavior — issues that have plagued the business since its inception.
Layoffs at Twitch eliminated about 15% of the staff responsible for monitoring such behavior, according to former employees with knowledge of the matter. The company also folded a new team monitoring the ethics of its AI efforts, said the people, who asked not to be identified to protect their job prospects.