Ex-X CEO Linda Yaccarino has lost the blue checkmark next to her account name. Yaccarino did not give a reason for leaving her position on Wednesday.
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Capitol in Washington, U. , January 31, 2024. Nathan Howard | ReutersEx-X CEO Linda Yaccarino is still @lindayaX on the social media site, but she's lost the blue checkmark next to her account name.
The X Help Center notes that the site "may remove the checkmark of an account at any time without notice. "Yaccarino announced she was leaving the position on Wednesday.
The blue checkmark that is bestowed upon verified, X Premium accounts is now gone. Yaccarino did not give a reason for her departure. X didn't immediately respond to a request for.
Elon Musk, the owner of X and parent company xAI, thanked Yaccarino Wednesday ing her announcement. Crunch was first to report on the missing blue checkmark.
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Yaccarino's departure came a day after Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok went on a posting spree of antisemitic s and praise for Adolf Hitler.
The posts have since been removed, and xAI officially rolled out a Grok 4. Musk announced Yaccarino as CEO of X in May 2023, months after acquiring what was then known as Twitter for $44 billion.
Yaccarino previously worked at NBCUniversal, the parent company of CNBC.
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