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| Elon Musk's Twitter loses second trust and safety chief | Elon Musk's Twitter loses second trust and safety chief |
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| Twitter's second head of trust and safety under owner Elon Musk has resigned, according to reports. | Twitter's second head of trust and safety under owner Elon Musk has resigned, according to reports. |
| Ella Irwin took the post when previous head Yoel Roth left in November 2022 - a month after Mr Musk took over the company. | Ella Irwin took the post when previous head Yoel Roth left in November 2022 - a month after Mr Musk took over the company. |
| The head of trust and safety is tasked with content moderation, a topic which has come under the spotlight since Mr Musk's takeover. | The head of trust and safety is tasked with content moderation, a topic which has come under the spotlight since Mr Musk's takeover. |
| The BBC has approached Twitter and Ms Irwin for comment. | The BBC has approached Twitter and Ms Irwin for comment. |
| She confirmed to both Reuters and the Wall Street Journal that she has stepped down. The reason for her resignation is unclear. | She confirmed to both Reuters and the Wall Street Journal that she has stepped down. The reason for her resignation is unclear. |
| However, it comes a day after Mr Musk publicly criticised a content moderation decision made at Twitter. | |
| He called the decision to limit the visibility of a video over allegations of misgendering, "a mistake by many people at Twitter". | |
| "Whether or not you agree with using someone's preferred pronouns, not doing so is at most rude and certainly breaks no laws," he wrote. | |
| It comes a week after the social media platform pulled out of the European Union's voluntary code to fight disinformation. | It comes a week after the social media platform pulled out of the European Union's voluntary code to fight disinformation. |
| Mr Musk announced last month that Linda Yaccarino, the former head of advertising at NBCUniversal, would become Twitter's new chief executive. She has not yet started her role. | Mr Musk announced last month that Linda Yaccarino, the former head of advertising at NBCUniversal, would become Twitter's new chief executive. She has not yet started her role. |
| Content moderation | Content moderation |
| In-depth studies have indicated hate speech has been growing under Mr Musk's tenure, with the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a London-based campaign group, finding slurs increased substantially after the takeover. | In-depth studies have indicated hate speech has been growing under Mr Musk's tenure, with the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a London-based campaign group, finding slurs increased substantially after the takeover. |
| And in December 2022, Twitter disbanded the volunteer group which advised it on self-harm, child abuse and hate speech. | And in December 2022, Twitter disbanded the volunteer group which advised it on self-harm, child abuse and hate speech. |
| But there have been moves to moderate the accuracy of content, with Mr Musk announcing the platform's Community Notes feature would be expanded to images. | But there have been moves to moderate the accuracy of content, with Mr Musk announcing the platform's Community Notes feature would be expanded to images. |
| Community Notes is a crowdsourced fact-checking system, in which Twitter users can add comments which provide context to tweets - often labelling them as false or misleading. | Community Notes is a crowdsourced fact-checking system, in which Twitter users can add comments which provide context to tweets - often labelling them as false or misleading. |
| The platform wants to expand this feature to include video in the future. | The platform wants to expand this feature to include video in the future. |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Social media | Social media |
| Elon Musk | Elon Musk |