Twitter executives resign amid uncertainty over Elon Musk

This Thursday (10), the platform's information security director, Lea Kissner, reported on her Twitter page that she had made “the difficult decision to leave” the company. Also on the platform, Yoel Roth sent a message to the market that she had resigned, changing her description on her personal profile on the social network to “former head of trust and safety” at Twitter. He was one of the executives responsible for combating hate speech, misinformation and spam.

In addition to them, according to Reuters, privacy director Damien Kieran and compliance director Marianne Fogarty also resigned.

Musk took over leadership of the social network on October 27, for which he paid US$44 billion. Since then, a large number of advertisers have left the platform. The businessman said that the company lost more than US$4 million per day on advertisements.

In the email he sent to employees this Wednesday, Elon Musk warns of “difficult times ahead” and prohibits remote work unless previously authorized. Musk also told employees in the email that he wants to see subscriptions make up half of Twitter's revenue. And he asks for help to reach 1 billion users

The platform introduced, under Musk's leadership, the Twitter Blue subscription service, which allows users to pay $7,99 per month for a blue certification indicating that the account is verified, as well as a unique “official” gray badge. for some high profile accounts.

But it drew criticism when it dropped the gray badge almost immediately, overshadowing the launch of the payment service, which is currently only available on the mobile app for iPhone and in the USA.

The launch brought a wave of fake accounts: some users took the opportunity to impersonate celebrities and politicians, such as NBA star Lebron James or former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The chaos alerted the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the US authority that oversees consumer safety, which has placed Twitter under surveillance for past security and privacy violations.

“We are following recent developments on Twitter with deep concern,” an FTC spokesperson said in a statement.

“No director or company is above the law, and companies must follow our consent decrees,” the spokesperson added, referring to Twitter's previous commitments to comply with US privacy regulations.

(With AFP)