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Leaders say the layoffs undermine the commitments Musk made to the groups to keep safety and election-integrity measures in place on the platform ahead of Election Day.

Free Press Co-CEO Jessica J. González pushed back on Musk’s claim that content-moderation rules — an operation she said was already “dangerously underresourced” — had not changed.

One lawsuit has already been filed, and experts expect more to come.

“Twitter was already a hellscape before Musk took over. His actions in the past week will only make it worse,” said Free Press Co-CEO Jessica J. González.

A coalition of civil-rights groups is escalating a call for brands to halt spending on the platform in light of what they see as inflammatory rhetoric and problematic policy changes from Musk.

Free Press is urging companies to suspend their advertising on the platform in response to the sweeping layoffs, which have gutted entire teams.

Fox News, Comcast and others have been working hard to sabotage the nomination of longtime public servant Gigi Sohn.

Civil-rights and civil-society leaders will hold an emergency press conference to announce an escalation of the #StopToxicTwitter campaign and to issue an urgent call to Twitter’s largest advertisers to pause their buys on the platform.

Misinformation about the midterms offers another reminder of how conspiracy theories and distrust are shaping U.S. politics.

In response to a barrage of disinformation on Spanish-language talk radio, a new media company has embarked on a push to control 18 radio stations.