Even with new CEO Linda Yaccarino slated to start at the end of the month, Twitter might not even make it that far as owner/manager Elon Musk threw another tantrum over allowing right-wing hate speech yesterday, causing the resignation of several top executives in protest.
Twitter’s head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, told Reuters on Thursday that she has resigned from the social media company, which has faced criticism for lax protections against harmful content since billionaire Elon Musk acquired it in October.
Irwin, who joined Twitter in June 2022, took over as head of the trust and safety team in November when previous head Yoel Roth resigned. She oversaw content moderation.
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.
The final straw for Irwin was Twitter's content arrangement with right-wing noise machine Daily Wire.
Twitter staff had decided that a video titled "What is a Woman?" by the Daily Wire's Matt Walsh, a far-right personality who often attacks transgender people, violated the platform's hate-speech rules.
Twitter had recently announced a content deal with the Daily Wire.
When Daily Wire's Jeremy Boreing tweeted a complaint about the decision, saying that the video was barred because it included instances of misgendering, Musk replied: "This was a mistake by many people at Twitter."
Irwin resigned just hours after Musk's response.
And yes, Elon wanted to post, in full, on Twitter, Matt Walsh's hour-plus transphobic and homophobic diatribe attacking June as Pride Month. For free. This on top of Musk freely admitting that he would allow misgendering of folks on Twitter and not enforce any punishment for doing so.
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