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X Exec Who Defended Restoring Account with Child Abuse Content Resigns
Nick Pickles gave shocking testimony in Australia last year that didn't get much coverage in the U.S.
Nick Pickles, the head of global government affairs at X who defended Elon Musk’s decision in 2023 to reinstate a notorious account on the social media platform that shared child sexual abuse material, is leaving the company according to a tweet. The 40-year-old Pickles decided to stay with the company after Musk bought the platform in late 2022, a decision that many other executives did not choose, given the billionaire’s extreme right-wing politics and reputation for impulsive and idiotic moves. Musk’s widespread layoffs after taking control of the site in October 2022 reportedly dumped about 75% of the staff, hitting the Child Safety Team particularly hard, according to news outlets at the time.
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