Ella Irwin: Twitter’s head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, on Thursday resigned from the social media company within one year of joining. Twitter has been facing criticism for lax protections against harmful content since billionaire Elon Musk acquired it in October.
Irwin joined Twitter in June 2022 and took over as head of the trust and safety team in November after previous head Yoel Roth resigned. She oversaw content moderation.
Twitter returns email with poop emoji
An email to Twitter returned an automated reply with a poop emoji. Irwin declined further comment and Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Irwin’s departure comes as the platform has struggled to retain advertisers, with brands wary of appearing next to unsuitable content.
Musk announced earlier this month that he hired Linda Yaccarino, former NBC Universal advertising chief, to become Twitter’s new CEO.
It was earlier reported that Irwin’s internal Slack account appeared to have been deactivated.
Since Musk acquired Twitter, he has cut costs dramatically and laid off thousands of employees. This include many who had worked on efforts to prevent harmful and illegal content, protect election integrity, and surface accurate information on the site.
Community Notes combats misinformation
Musk has promoted a feature called Community Notes, which lets users add context to tweets, as a way to combat misleading information on Twitter.
The company is also facing increasing scrutiny from regulators over its moderation efforts. Twitter withdrew from a voluntary agreement with the European Union to tackle disinformation, while saying it was committed to complying with upcoming internet rules in the EU.
EU industry chief Thierry Breton warned Twitter last week that it would not be able to avoid legal obligations in the EU after quitting the voluntary agreement
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