X Corp (Twitter) — Ethics Grade F

X Corp (Twitter) receives an overall ethics grade of F (12/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Social Media. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 5
• privacy: 8
• consumer: 15
• environment: 30
• humanRights: 10

Documented incidents (3)

• Mass Layoffs and Illegal Terminations (high, 2022) — The company abruptly fired 50% of its workforce with minimal notice, resulting in multiple lawsuits for violations of the WARN Act and employment contracts.
• Surge in Hate Speech (high, 2023) — Civil rights groups reported a massive spike in slurs and hate speech following the dismantling of the Trust and Safety team and amnesty for banned accounts.
• Whistleblower Security Alert (high, 2022) — Former security head Peiter 'Mudge' Zatko alleged the company had 'egregious' security vulnerabilities and allowed foreign agents access to user data.

Documented good deeds

• Community Notes Expansion — Scaled a crowdsourced fact-checking system designed to reduce misinformation through user consensus.

Ethical alternatives

• Mastodon — Decentralized, open-source platform with no central corporate control or ad-tracking.