Former Twitter employee on working for Musk: 'It absolutely was the hardest experience' | KVEO-TV

(The Hill) — Ella Irwin, a former employee for Twitter, now known as X, said working for billionaire Elon Musk after his acquisition of the company was the “hardest experience.” Irwin became head of trust and safety for the company, lasting only seven more months before resigning after Musk publicly criticized actions taken at the company surrounding the issue of misgendering. “It absolutely was the hardest experience that I’ve gone through in my career,” Irwin, 48, said In an interview with NBC News. She said she resigned rather suddenly from the company because it became clear that “there was no longer alignment” between her “nonnegotiable principles” and the company. “One was this notion of freedom of speech versus freedom of reach,” Irwin said. “It was important to me that there was an understanding that hate speech, for example, violent graphic content, things like that, were not promoted, advertised, amplified.” Her comments come as X is facing criticism for its handling of misinformation and violent content around the Israel-Hamas war. The social media company is also facing an investigation from the European Commission. European officials have said X is the biggest purveyor of disinformation. Musk is considering removing access to the
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