{"id":508980,"date":"2022-11-11T16:23:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T13:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/post-censoring-twitter-exec-yoel-roth-among-latest-to-quit\/"},"modified":"2022-11-11T16:23:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T13:23:37","slug":"post-censoring-twitter-exec-yoel-roth-among-latest-to-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/post-censoring-twitter-exec-yoel-roth-among-latest-to-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"#Post-censoring Twitter exec Yoel Roth among latest to quit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39e8ec92772\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39e8ec92772\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/post-censoring-twitter-exec-yoel-roth-among-latest-to-quit\/#%E2%80%9CPost-censoring_Twitter_exec_Yoel_Roth_among_latest_to_quit%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Post-censoring Twitter exec Yoel Roth among latest to quit&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CPost-censoring_Twitter_exec_Yoel_Roth_among_latest_to_quit%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Post-censoring Twitter exec Yoel Roth among latest to quit&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> exec who censored The Post\u2019s reporting on Hunter Biden \u2014 and brazenly likened members of the Trump administration to Nazis \u2014 has quit just days after getting public support from new boss Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>Yoel Roth, 35, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yoyoel\/status\/1590422124606681088\">until Wednesday <\/a>had continued pushing the site\u2019s shifting policies on trolling and hateful conduct \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared alongside new owner Musk, 51, in defending the platform in a crunch meeting with advertisers that same day.<\/p>\n<p>But Twitter staffers were told on Slack on Thursday that Roth was the latest key exec to have resigned, according to employees.<\/p>\n<p>Roth also confirmed his exit by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yoyoel\">changing his bio<\/a> on the site he\u2019d worked at for seven years to \u201cFormer Head of Trust &amp; Safety at @Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The long-contentious exec was just one of the latest key figures to join the exodus during the unprecedented crisis that Musk this week admitted could end in bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Yoel Roth's Twitter bio, in which he is now listed as Former Head of Trust &amp; Safety at @Twitter.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-24616202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Roth confirmed his exit by changing his bio to \u201cFormer Head of Trust &amp; Safety at @Twitter.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Damien Kieran changed his bio to \u201cEx-Chief Privacy Officer\u201d afte<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Damokieran\/status\/1590797380076851200\">r sharing a photo <\/a>of him leaving behind his laptop and Twitter passes, calling it a \u201ctime honored tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Lea Kissner changed her bio to \u201c(now former)\u201d chief information security officer, telling her 25,000 followers: \u201cI\u2019ve made the hard decision to leave Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProud\u201d Twitter client solutions leader Robin Wheeler shot back at rumors she\u2019d also quit, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robinw\/status\/1590882131471126528\">tweeting: \u201cI\u2019m still here.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>The exodus came as Musk has warned he will slash in half the site\u2019s 7,500 staffing numbers, and after he fired chief executive Parag Agrawal and other top management as soon as he took charge.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Roth\u2019s exit was the biggest shock given how closely intertwined he appeared to be with Musk in sharing the site\u2019s new policies.<\/p>\n<p>Early in his takeover, Musk also defended Roth, dismissing his \u201cquestionable\u201d past tweets while declaring: \u201cI want to be clear that I support Yoel. My sense is that he has high integrity, and we are all entitled to our political beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"668\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-05.jpg?w=668\" alt=\"Elon Musk declaration of trust in Yoel Roth.\" class=\"wp-image-24616200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1336 1336w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1002 1002w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=668 668w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=334 334w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\"\/><figcaption>Musk had only recently publicly supported Roth over his troubling tweets.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That support was in itself surprising given how Roth is blamed for censoring The Post\u2019s exclusive stories about Hunter Biden\u2019s overseas business dealings ahead of the 2020 presidential election, a ban Musk has ripped as \u201cobviously incredibly inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was also the subject of a 2020\u00a0front-page article\u00a0in The Post that noted how the man policing the site\u2019s content had referred to former President Donald Trump\u2019s advisers as \u201cACTUAL NAZIS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.\u201d He also likened Trump\u2019s spokesperson Kellyanne Conway to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"916\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-03.jpg?w=916\" alt=\"The Post's cover on May 28, 2020, detailing Roth's troubling tweets.\" class=\"wp-image-24616201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1832 1832w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1373 1374w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=916 916w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=458 458w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/twitter-exec-hunter-biden-stories-quit-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\"\/><figcaption>A May 28, 2020, New York Post front-page story detailed the nature of the incendiary tweets.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">csuarez<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In other tweets dating back to 2016 and 2017, Roth dubbed Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell a \u201cpersonality-free bag of farts,\u201d bragged about his $100 donation to then-Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and snidely remarked of the middle of the country: \u201cI\u2019m just saying, we fly over those states that voted for a racist tangerine for a reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former staffer Emily Horne, who oversaw global policy communications at Twitter until 2018, warned that Roth\u2019s exit would be a \u201chuge loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s worked incredibly hard under very challenging circumstances, including being personally targeted by some of the most vicious trolls who were active on the platform,\u201d said Horne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe stayed through all of that because he believed so deeply in the work his team was doing to promote a public conversation and improve the health of that conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edward Perez, Twitter\u2019s former product director for civic integrity, which includes its election policies, shared a similar warning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we cannot predict what might happen in the post-election period, I can imagine scenarios where \u2018tough calls\u2019 would have naturally made their way up to Yoel,\u201d Perez<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/11\/10\/twitter-security-resignations\/\"> told the Washington Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow of course it begs the question: Who has sufficient institutional knowledge at this critical time?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, despite the drama, Musk<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1590986289033408512\"> insisted early Friday <\/a>that Twitter \u201chit all-time high of active users today.\u201d<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1590986289033408512\"><\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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