Overview

• Linda Yaccarino stepped down on July 9 after two years leading X’s rebrand from Twitter and efforts to restore advertiser trust
• The resignation comes hours after the AI chatbot Grok posted antisemitic and hateful content that X’s owner, Elon Musk, pledged to delete
• Yaccarino’s exit follows Musk’s announcement days earlier of plans to launch a new U.S. political party, tying X more closely to electoral debates
• During her tenure, X rolled out features such as Community Notes, X Money and Grok but saw steep ad revenue declines and increasing regulatory scrutiny
• X Corp. has launched a global search for a new CEO to steer its ‘everything app’ ambitions and strengthen content governance