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10 X trust and safety experts
These ten current and former X and Twitter trust and safety staff have worked in trust and safety, site integrity and safety policy roles at the company. A reader can learn how trust and safety work is organized at a company like X from people who have done it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Aaron Rodericks
LinkedInExperience: Trust & Safety Co-Lead Head of Threat Disruption · Twitter
Former Trust & Safety Co-Lead and Head of Threat Disruption at Twitter (2019–2024). The profile says Aaron Rodericks co-led Twitter/X's global trust and safety function after a critical corporate transition while directing high-risk global teams. Aaron has been Head of Trust and Safety at Bluesky Social since 2024.
Alexandra Popken
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Trust & Safety Operations · Twitter
Former Senior Director, Trust & Safety Operations at Twitter (2022–2023). The profile says Alexandra Popken joined Twitter in 2013 as the second hire focused on moderating advertising content and scaling a policy enforcement operation, and has led or played a part in content moderation milestones such as enforcement of civic integrity policies in ads. Alexandra has been at WebPurify since 2023, now as Senior Vice President, Trust & Safety and AI Services.
Amélie Paul
LinkedInExperience: Senior Associate, Legal Policy - Trust & Safety · X
Senior Associate, Legal Policy - Trust & Safety at X since 2021, based in Dublin. The profile says Amélie Paul works on European content regulation withholding, maintaining and enforcing withholding policies related to France's Avia/LCEN laws and Spain's OBERAXE protocol, with a focus on protecting user safety, privacy and freedom of expression.
Erica S., MPA
LinkedInExperience: Head of Site Policy - Americas, Trust & Safety · Twitter
Former Head of Site Policy - Americas, Trust & Safety at Twitter (2020–2022); the profile says the role oversaw development of content policy balancing freedom of expression with mitigating on and offline platform harm. Erica S. was later Global Head Display and Sponsored Ad Policies - Advertising Trust at Amazon (2022–2024).
Ilana Rosenzweig
LinkedInExperience: Director, Head of Trust & Safety, JAPAC · Twitter
Former Director, Head of Trust & Safety, JAPAC at Twitter (2020–2022), then Sr. Director Dir., Head of International, Trust & Safety at Twitter (2022), after Senior Manager, Trust & Safety, Legal Policy at Twitter (2019–2020). Ilana Rosenzweig has been Trust & Safety Singapore Hub Lead and Safety & Integrity APAC Lead at TikTok since 2023.
James Alexander
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Safety Platform, Tools & Support - Trust & Safety · Twitter
Former Global Head of Safety Platform, Tools & Support - Trust & Safety at Twitter (2022–2023) and Global Head of Illegal Content & Media Operations at Twitter (2019–2022). James Alexander was later Senior Manager, Content Safety & AI at Salesforce (2023–2026) and has been Senior Director, Trust & Safety Operations at Match Group since July 2026.
Michael Scott R.
LinkedInExperience: Head of Site Integrity, Trust & Safety (APAC) · Twitter
Former Head of Site Integrity, Trust & Safety (APAC) at Twitter (2020–2022) and Head of Integrity Policy, Site Integrity, Trust & Safety at Twitter (2021–2022). Michael Scott R. was later Head of Analysis at Alethea (2022–2024) and has been Head of Information Integrity & Civility Policy, Trust & Safety at TikTok since March 2026.
Phillip McNulty
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Account Integrity Operations · Twitter
Former Global Head of Account Integrity Operations at Twitter (2020–2023), where the profile says Phillip McNulty led verticals in the Health Product and Service Organization, including account integrity work on account takeover and account security. Phillip was earlier Manager, Identity & Compliance Operations at Twitter (2018–2020) and has been Senior Lead, Trust & Safety at Bluesky Social since 2025.
Sam Toizer
LinkedInExperience: Group Product Manager, Information Integrity · Twitter
Former Group Product Manager, Information Integrity at Twitter (2021–2023) and Senior Product Manager at Twitter (2019–2021); the profile describes product work on societal health at Twitter, including leading the clients team on abuse features such as mute. Sam Toizer was later Product Manager, Trust & Safety at Nextdoor (2023) and has been Safety Systems Product Lead at OpenAI since 2023.
Stella Ng
LinkedInExperience: Trust and Safety Policy Manager · Twitter
Former Trust and Safety Policy Manager at Twitter (2019–2021), where the profile says Stella Ng headed learning and development within the global Site Policy Team, drove crisis response for the 2020 US election and January 6, and drafted Twitter's COVID-19 misinformation policies. Stella has been Member of Trust and Safety Staff at OpenAI since 2024.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's area to your question, since policy writers, integrity operations leads, product managers and regional heads each saw different parts of the work. Check the years each person was at the company, since a role held in one period may not reflect how the work is done there today.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do policy, operations and product teams divide trust and safety work at a large social network?
- 02How do you build enforcement for a new policy area when the volume of reports is unpredictable?
- 03How do regional trust and safety teams handle local laws and global policies at the same time?
Reaching X trust and safety experts
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