Why Twitter’s Former Safety Chief Left Elon Musk

On with Kara Swisher

New York Magazine

Society & Culture

4.2 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Elon Musk's Twitter is a spectacle, and the drama and meaning of the last six months is perhaps best unpacked by Yoel Roth. The company’s former head of trust and safety survived the early flood of firings and resignations — in fact, he was ascendant, in the early days of this new Twitter, and he became the face Musk presented to advertisers. Kara asks Roth whether he felt “used” by Musk and why — having been embraced by Elon’s inner circle — he ultimately decided to abandon Elon. Before the interview, Kara and Nayeema weigh in on Elon Musk’s seeming needling of Tim Cook, and they discuss whether Apple has too much power. Stay tuned until the end for Kara’s rant on this very topic. You can find Kara and Nayeema on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.0	Just kidding, this is on with Cara Swisher and I'm Cara Swisher.
0:48.0	And I'm Neymar Raza and yeah we should never talk about sports.
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1:07.0	Good. How are you?
1:08.0	Good. Good. I just got back from Miami where I interviewed today's guest.
1:11.0	Yes, Yo-L Roth, who you interviewed at the foundation's informed conference.
1:15.0	It seemed like a very good conference.
1:16.0	Yes, it was all sort of misinformation geeks or disinformation geeks.
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