X (erstwhile Twitter) is making some changes in the top leadership and the way how the company will work going forward. As per a report, company owner Elon Musk and chief executive officer Linda Yaccarino will oversee the trust and safety team.
News agency Reuters reported that X’s product and engineering team will report to Musk, while Yaccarino will oversee all other divisions, including human resources, legal, finance, sales and operations.
Additionally, the agency cited an email sent by Yaccarino to X employees on Monday as stating that the company is searching for a new leader for brand safety and suitability.
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The previous head of brand safety, A J Brown, who worked on efforts to prevent advertisements from appearing next to unsuitable content, quit in June. He was the second high-profile leader to leave the company after Ella Irwin, who was serving as Twitter’s head of trust and safety, also resigned.
Yaccarino also noted that three X leaders will oversee different responsibilities within trust and safety, including law enforcement operations and threat disruptions.
X content moderation under fire
The trust and safety team, which is responsible for content moderation, has been receiving a lot of criticism after Musk acquired the company last October. Several researchers and research organisations accused X of failing to curb hate speech and misinformation on the platform.
Meanwhile, the company has rejected those claims saying that the majority of content views are of “healthy” posts. The company has also sued a British nonprofit company after it published a report “Twitter Fails to Act on 99% of Twitter Blue Accounts Tweeting Hate”
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X removes strobing logo from HQ building
The changes also came at the company headquarters. The flashy, strobing X logo installed at the HQ building terrace has been dismantled, reports claimed. The logo drew criticism from people in the vicinity who said that the sign was put up without a permit, is unsafe and is a nuisance.
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