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Ella Irwin wasn’t always a public person. Before joining Twitter, she had worked in lower-profile roles, including in loss prevention at banks and then in trust and safety at companies like Google, Amazon and Twilio. That all changed in November 2022. Just five months after joining the company, she took on one of the most contentious jobs in all of tech: head of trust and safety for Twitter. She would last just seven more months. In June, Irwin resigned from the company after Musk publicly crit…
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said the company is working to address customer complaints and safety issues but that there are limitations on what it can do to keep customers safe from issues like carbon monoxide poisoning. In an interview with Hallie Jackson, which will air Sunday on “NBC Nightly News,” Chesky spoke on a wide range of issues the company faces including consumer concerns about fees, the company’s new “Icons” program and a recent “Saturday Night Live” skit that skewered the company. “It…
6 months ago
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Dozens of images related to the war in the Gaza Strip that appear to have been made using artificial intelligence have spread across Instagram in recent days following the viral success of a post calling for “All Eyes on Rafah,” which has now been shared more than 47 million times. The images, a mix of pro-Irsael and pro-Palestinian posts, include imitations of the original Rafah post as well as more graphic depictions, including a bloodied Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an Israel…
6 months ago