Twitter security chief resigns after Musk criticizes determination to limit movie

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Twitter VP of Product Belief and Security Ella Irwin resigned from the corporate yesterday, she confirmed to Reuters and different information retailers. Irwin’s departure got here on the identical day that Twitter proprietor Elon Musk criticized his workers for limiting What Is a Lady?, a controversial Each day Wire documentary on transgender points that has been labeled as transphobic by many.

Irwin took over as head of Twitter’s belief and security workforce after the November 2022 resignation of Yoel Roth. Twitter has massively diminished its workers underneath Musk’s management and is dealing with scrutiny from regulators, significantly within the European Union, over its content material moderation practices. Twitter govt A.J. Brown, the pinnacle of name security and advert high quality, additionally left this week.

Twitter lately pulled out of the EU’s voluntary Code of Observe on Disinformation however should adjust to the necessary Digital Providers Act guidelines taking impact on August 25. As European Commissioner for Inside Market Thierry Breton tweeted, “obligations stay. You’ll be able to run however you’ll be able to’t conceal. Past voluntary commitments, combating disinformation might be [a] authorized obligation underneath DSA as of August 25. Our groups might be prepared for enforcement.”