Elon Musk’s Twitter in Turmoil Again as Head of Trust and Safety Departs

Elon Musk’s Twitter has been in the news lately, with the recent hiring of a new CEO and the selection of the platform to help launch Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ Republican presidential bid. However, the platform has been thrown into turmoil once again with the departure of Ella Irwin, the head of trust and safety who joined the platform in June 2022.

Irwin’s departure comes after Musk publicly rebuked the platform’s decision to limit the reach of a transphobic video by The […] and an organized pressure campaign by conservative pundits to promote a 95-minute anti-transgender video called “What Is A Woman?”. Musk has not directly weighed in on the departure, but the incident has brought back the turmoil that has marked his seven-month ownership of the social media platform.

Twitter has been under scrutiny for its handling of controversial content, and Irwin’s departure has raised questions about the platform’s commitment to protecting its users from hate speech and other forms of abuse. It remains to be seen how the platform will respond to the incident and whether it will be able to regain the trust of its users.