Twitter VP of Trust and Safety Ella Irwin says she has resigned from the company; Irwin joined in June 2022 and took over as head of T&S when Yoel Roth resigned
maybe the Matt Walsh movie? — but she oversaw some egregious violations of trust and safety. John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton.bsky.social : Ella Irwin stayed around at Twitter. — She consolidated power under Musk and often publicly wrote up justifications for what looked like Musk's arbitrary choices. — Now she's out. Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life.bsky.social : I'm shocked to realize Twitter still had a VP of Trust and Safety @darthbluesky.bsky.social : surely this has nothing to do with that daily wire publicity stunt earlier Casey Newton / @caseynewton.bsky.social : One of the most ignominious tenures of any so-called trust and safety professional in the history of the field https://fortune.com/... Tweets: Kylie Robison / @kyliebytes : SCOOP: The Slack account of Twitter's head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, appears to be deactivated according to a screenshot viewed by Fortune. https://fortune.com/... @rmac18 : Twitter's VP of trust and safety, Ella Irwin (@ellagirwin), has left the company, three sources tell me and @kateconger. Sheila Dang / @sheila_dang : Confirmed, Ella Irwin tells me she resigned today https://twitter.com/... Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer : NEW: Twitter's head of brand safety and ad quality has resigned. Could be related to some changes in Twitter's ad policy which I'll share shortly. Silvia Killingsworth / @silviakillings : As @daveyalba and @KurtWagner8 wrote in May, “Irwin has become the chief executor of Musk's whim” — seems like she found a breaking point Karina Vinnikova / @karinavinnikova : So, trust and safety are gone? https://www.reuters.com/... Luke Zaleski / @zaleskiluke : She's been replaced by a 💩 emoji https://www.reuters.com/... Miranda Devine / @mirandadevine : Ells Irwin resigned after Musk said it was a “mistake by many people at Twitter” to censor Daily Wire's @MattWalshBlog movie What Is a Woman? “Whether or not you agree with using someone's preferred pronouns,” said Musk, “not doing so is at most rude and certainly breaks no laws” https://twitter.com/... Ed Morrissey / @edmorrissey : I assume these two developments are related. https://twitter.com/... Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin : Linda Yaccarino, new Twitter CEO, is already making a real impact! (Or was this all Musk's doing, and she's just a figurehead?) https://twitter.com/... Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D / @rvawonk : Multiple Twitter trust & safety employees reportedly left the company Thursday. First, Ella Irwin — head of trust & safety — resigned, followed by brand safety manager Maie Aiyed. This comes amid a surge in hate speech as Elon Musk continues re-platforming domestic extremists. https://twitter.com/... @0xabad1dea : nothing good has ever happened after the statement “the head of trust and safety has resigned after a tenure of seven months” https://www.reuters.com/... Imran Ahmed / @imi_ahmed : Turns out Elon Musk may well be the greatest profiteer in history to exploit human hate and misery for money. What a legacy to leave on this planet. https://counterhate.com/... Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan : Another one bites the dust https://twitter.com/... Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : Another Elon loyalist gets kicked to the curb ... by Elon: Ella Irwin is the second person in that role to leave since Musk completed his takeover in October https://www.wsj.com/... Frida Ghitis / @fridaghitis : It's going to get worse: Twitter's head of trust and safety has resigned. https://www.reuters.com/... Bruce Bartlett / @brucebartlett : Well, she really had no work to do since new ownership took control. https://twitter.com/... @marmel : Trust left the office long before this. https://twitter.com/... Hugh Howey / @hughhowey : Twitter had a head of trust and safety?! 🤨 https://twitter.com/... Maile / @maileprmedia : Confirmed: Twitter's head of trust and safety @ellagirwin says she has resigned. Who will take over? Ella was just helping me with an important case YESTERDAY! 😞 @elonmusk who is our contact now? https://www.reuters.com/... @troonytoons : Ella Irwin, head of “trust and safety” with a history of personal bias, told Reuters that she resigned from Twitter: https://www.reuters.com/... Laura Rozen / @lrozen : job that seems about as desirable as being George Santos' treasurer https://twitter.com/... Ed Zitron / @edzitron : Advertisers love this shit. This is what they crave https://twitter.com/... M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler : I remember the good old days when Twitter's “Redshirt” used to be the Head of Product... https://twitter.com/... Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer : Wow, Twitter's head of trust and safety is out for a second time. https://twitter.com/... Jacob Silverman / @silvermanjacob : I can only imagine the levels of sycophancy it takes to survive a year in Musk's employ. https://twitter.com/... Karl Bode / @karlbode : wheee! https://fortune.com/... Drew Olanoff / @yoda : Another reason for advertisers to head for the hills. This is why the only ads we see are akin to late night informercials. https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer