Twitter mistakenly filtered the accounts of Chinese activists following layoffs in Asia, report says

• Over 30 prominent human rights activists in China saw their accounts hidden from search, per the NYT.
• Twitter's automated filter for spam and misinformation mistakenly restricted the activists, the Times said.
• Twitter's staff has been cut by around two-thirds since Elon Musk took over last October.

Twitter mistakenly filtered the accounts of a number of Chinese human rights activists after the company's Asia office saw its workforce reduced amid global staff cuts, The New York Times reported.