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Image Source : @ELLAGIRWIN/TWITTER Twitter safety and content moderation executive Ella Irwin A top Twitter executive responsible for the safety and content moderation has left the company, her departure coming soon after owner Elon Musk publicly complained about the platform's handling of posts about transgender topics. The departure pointed to a fresh wave of turmoil…

Twitter’s head of trust and safety, former diehard Elon Musk fan Ella Irwin, publicly resigned from her position Thursday just hours after her boss publicly rebuked his own content moderation team. Irwin’s staff had taken action against a transphobic film by Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire. The Elon Musk Twitter Saga, Part 1 of Who Knows?Though the exact reasons for Irwin’s departure remain unclear, her public announcement came the same day CEO Elon Musk sided with Daily Wire CEO ​​Jeremy Boreing over a content moderation…

Ella Irwin, the Twitter executive in charge of content moderation and policy, has resigned, leaving new owner Elon Musk without one of his most loyal lieutenants.As head of Trust and Safety, Irwin helped oversee Twitter's policies on harassment, hate speech and violent content — rules which were relaxed under Musk. She was also heavily involved in account suspensions, and would frequently respond to Twitter users whose accounts were blocked. Irwin confirmed her departure, which was earlier reported by Fortune, in an…

Twitter's head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, told Reuters on Thursday that she has resigned from the social media company, which has faced criticism for lax protections against harmful content since billionaire Elon Musk acquired it in October.Irwin, who joined Twitter in June 2022, took over as head of the trust and safety team in November when previous head Yoel Roth resigned. She oversaw content moderation.An email to Twitter returned an automated reply with a poop emoji. Irwin declined further comment and Musk did…

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Though the music journalist Colin Irwin, who has died suddenly aged 71, specialised in folk music, his writing ranged across many genres, especially during the 1970s and 80s, when he worked on Melody Maker magazine. There his knowledge was renowned as encyclopedic.Later, as a freelance, he was the most prolific features writer and reviewer for the specialist folk and roots magazine fRoots. His first contribution, when the magazine was called Southern Rag, came in 1982, and he continued writing in almost every issue until…