Twitter is bringing back the #ThereIsHelp banner, a feature that pointed users to suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources when searching for harmful content.
Reuters reported that the platform had removed the safety tool on orders from CEO Elon Musk.
Following the news, Ella Irwin, Twitter’s head of trust and safety, confirmed the removal but pointed out that it was temporary.
“We have been fixing and revamping our prompts. They were just temporarily removed while we do that,” Irwin told Reuters. “We expect to have them back up next week.”
On his part, Musk denied Twitter had ever removed the feature, stressing that the message is actually still up.
“This is fake news,” Musk wrote on Twitter, adding that Twitter does not prevent suicide.
Earlier this month, Musk announced that he will resign as the CEO of Twitter when he finds someone "foolish enough to take the job."
The billionaire vowed to abide by the result of a Twitter poll which saw 57.5% of users vote "yes" to him quitting the role.
He mentioned that he will still run the software and server teams after his replacement is found.
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