Twitter’s head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, has resigned from the social media company nearly a year after she joined in June 2022.
Irwin confirmed her departure to Reuters but did not provide a reason for the move.
The former Amazon director joined Twitter last summer just a few months before Musk acquired the platform for $43 billion; taking over as head of the trust and safety team in November after previous head Yoel Roth resigned.
She oversaw content moderation, including hate speech on the platform, in her former role. It is unclear who will replace her.
Irwin had previously defended both Twitter and Musk, who has faced criticism amid concerns that the platform’s content moderation policies would be weakened under the billionaire businessman….