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Elon Musk’s X has a new safety leader, nine months after predecessor left the social media platform

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NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has named a new head of safety nine months after the last executive to hold the position departed from the social media company. X said that company veteran Kylie McRoberts will oversee the global safety team.

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  1. CNN

    Elon Musk’s X names new head of safety, nine months after former safety leader’s exit (opens CNN)

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    Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Tuesday announced the hire of a new Head of Safety as it continues to face scrutiny over the spread of hateful content, conspiracy theories and other controversial content on the platform.

  2. NBC News

    Elon Musk’s X appoints new safety chiefs as it seeks to rebuild ads business (opens NBC News)

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    Elon Musk’s X said Tuesday it was appointing two new employees to oversee safety on the platform.

  3. WOWK Charleston

    Elon Musk’s X has a new safety leader, nine months after predecessor left the social media platform (opens WOWK Charleston)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has named a new head of safety nine months after the last executive to hold the position departed from the social media company. X said that company veteran Kylie McRoberts will oversee the global safety team.

  4. Triblive

    Elon Musk's X has a new safety leader, 9 months after predecessor left (opens Triblive)

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    NEW YORK — Elon Musk’s X has named a new head of safety nine months after the last executive to hold the position departed from the social media company. X said that company veteran Kylie McRoberts will oversee the global safety team. The platform also announced that Yale Cohen, who

  5. Poynter

    Elon Musk hired safety chiefs for X. Will it actually get safer? (opens Poynter)

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    Poynter's feed description

    Based on Musk’s history as the owner of the social network, you can see why the news was met with skepticism.

  6. Observer

    Elon Musk Makes Two Key Hires to Oversee X’s Content Safety (opens Observer)

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    Observer's feed description

    Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, announced two hires to its safety team: Kylie McRoberts as head of safety and Yale Cohen as head of brand safety.

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