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<\/div>\nLinda Yaccarino, the boss of Elon Musk’s social media site X, has announced she is stepping down.<\/p>\n
Ms Yaccarino has been in the role since June, 2023.<\/p>\n
In a post on the platform, she said was “immensely grateful” to Musk for “entrusting me with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the Everything App”.<\/p>\n
Musk has posted a brief reply, saying only: “Thank you for your contributions.”<\/p>\n
The BBC has approached X for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Ms Yaccarino was previously head of advertising at NBCUniversal, where she was credited with helping to steer it through the upheaval caused by technology firms.<\/p>\n
She joined X, then Twitter, at a time of tumult with advertisers quitting the site and Musk having overseen the firing of a huge number of staff.<\/p>\n
In her departure post, she said that she had decided to step down after “two incredible years”.<\/p>\n
She added: “When Elon Musk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company.”<\/p>\n
It is not clear whether there has been any break down in their relationship since she joined in 2023. <\/p>\n
But the tone platform has changed in that time. <\/p>\n
Its former incarnation Twitter was accused of leaning left, now X leans unashamedly to the right in terms of the content that gets the most visibility.<\/p>\n
Though Musk stepped down as CEO he never truly stepped back from his favourite social network, and has if anything grown louder and more controversial since he appointed her.<\/p>\n
People who have worked directly with Musk have described him as both a visionary and a workaholic, who others can only keep up with for so long.<\/p>\n
Whatever the cause, her exit comes at a difficult time for Musk, who is dealing with falling sales at his car maker Tesla.<\/p>\n
He is also embroiled in a war of words with his former political ally, US President Donald Trump, culminating in Musk planning a new political party.<\/p>\n
X has also continued to attract controversy.<\/p>\n
The most recent of these has seen Musk’s chatbot, Grok – which is embedded in X – speak favourably about Hitler.<\/p>\n
In a statement, xAI said it was working to remove what it called “inappropriate” posts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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