common social media Twitter giant head of confidence f safety She submitted her resignation on Thursday, she told Reuters, where the company was under fire for its lack of protection against Harmful content Since the acquisition of billionaire Elon Musk.
irwin, who joined Twitter in June 2022 took over like head of confidence f safety team in november when the former head Yoel Roth resigned. I supervised content moderation.
The email to Twitter returned an automated message reply with Emoji poop. Erwin declined additional comment Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Irwin’s departure comes as the platform struggles to retain advertisers. with Brands are careful of appear next unsuitable content.
musk announced Earlier this month, he hired Linda Iaccarino, former Head of NBCUniversal Advertising, becoming Twitter new CEO.
Fortune previously reported that Irwin’s internal Slack account appears to have been disabled.
Since the acquisition of Musk, Twitter has significantly cut costs and put in place off thousands of staff, including many who I worked on Efforts to prevent harmful and illegal content and protect election integrity and surface accuracy information on the site.
Musk promoted A.J feature Called Community Feedback, which allows users add The context of the tweets, as a way to combat misleading information on Twitter.
company also facing Increased scrutiny by regulators over moderation efforts. Twitter withdrew from a voluntary agreement with European Union to tackle disinformation, while saying it was committed to complying with The next Internet rules in European Union.
EU industry chief Thierry Breton warned Twitter last The week he wouldn’t be able to avoid legal obligations in The European Union after the withdrawal from the voluntary agreement.
