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 automatic reply with a poop emoji.
Irwin declined further comment and Musk didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.
Irwin’s departure comes because 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 NBCUniversal promoting chief, to turn into Twitter’s recent CEO.
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.ellagirwin/Twitter
Fortune earlier reported that Irwin’s internal Slack account appeared to have been deactivated.
Since Musk’s acquisition, Twitter has cut costs dramatically and laid off hundreds of employees, including many who had worked on efforts to forestall harmful and illegal content, protect election integrity, and surface accurate information on the positioning.
Musk has promoted a feature called Community Notes, which lets users add context to tweets, as a option to combat misleading information on Twitter.
Irwin’s departure comes because the platform has struggled to retain advertisers, with brands wary of appearing next to unsuitable content.AFP via Getty Images
The corporate can be 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 web rules within the EU.
EU industry chief Thierry Breton warned Twitter last week that it could not have the ability to avoid legal obligations within the EU after quitting the voluntary agreement.
