Yoel Roth
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| Known for | Head of site integrity at Twitter |
Yoel Roth is the head of site integrity at Twitter, responsible for countering disinformation and manipulation of public opinion on the platform.[1] His previous academic work focused on privacy and self-expression on geospacial social networking services.[2]
Academic career
Roth attended Swarthmore College, studying for a BA in political science, followed by a PHD at the Annenberg School for Communication. His research focused on privacy and self-expression of gay men on geosocial networking services like Grindr. [2]
In 2014 he began work as a researcher at the Dangerous Speech Project at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.[3]
Work at Twitter
Roth joined twitter in 2015 as a seinior programme manager for product trust and continued to work at Twitter in various roles until was appointed Seinior Director for Safety & Integrity in may 2022.[3]
In 2020 he supervised a new policy banning deepfake videos to ensure election integrity[4] as well as one introducing warning labels on potentially harmful tweets about the coronavirus pandemic.[5]
In February 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine Roth presided over efforts to label Russian state affiliated media sources[6] and in march expanded policies to slow the spread of disinformation about wars and natural disasters. [7]
Roth has spoken in this capacity at the RSA Conference on defending against disinformation campaigns on social media[8] and to NATO about preventing online propaganda.[9]
Following the purchase of the platform by Elon Musk, who had announced plans to change moderation practices, Roth disclosed a concerted effort to present a change in moderation practices on the platform, consisting of 300 accounts posting more than 50,000 tweets. At the time, no change in moderation policies had occurred. [10]
References
- ↑ "Twitter's Head Of Site Integrity, On Fighting Election Disinformation". NPR.org.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Listen: Yoel Roth '11 Talks "Swiping Left: Identity, Preference, and the Politics of Online Dating"". www.swarthmore.edu. 6 January 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roth, Yoel. "Yoel Roth - Sr. Director, Safety & Integrity - Linkedin". linkedin. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ↑ Feiner, Lauren. "Twitter unveils new rules to tackle deepfakes ahead of the 2020 election". CNBC.
- ↑ Allyn, Bobby (11 May 2020). "Twitter Now Labels 'Potentially Harmful' Coronavirus Tweets". NPR. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ↑ "Twitter is labeling tweets from Russian state media outlets". Engadget. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ↑ Conger, Kate (19 May 2022). "Twitter expands content-moderation rules to cover crises like war and disasters". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ↑ ""Yoel Roth RSA Conference"". Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ↑ ""Formulating a rules-based order for the digital age: big tech in the spotlight"". rigastratcomdialogue.org. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ↑ "Twitter trolls bombard platform after Elon Musk takeover". the Guardian. 30 October 2022.
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