<h2 class="topline-heading">Topline</h2><p>Linda Yaccarino announced Wednesday she will resign as chief executive of Elon Musk’s X following a two-year tenure, a day after Musk’s AI chatbot made a series of antisemitic comments on the social media platform and appeared to praise Adolf Hitler. </p><figure class="embed-base image-embed embed-1" role="presentation"><div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/686e83549c77b905b2f394ae/Vox-Media-s-2023-Code-Conference---Day-2/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&amp;cropX2=2340&amp;cropY1=0&amp;cropY2=1317" alt="Vox Media's 2023 Code Conference - Day 2" width="100%" height="auto"></div><figcaption><fbs-accordion><p class="color-body light-text" role="button">Yaccarino, 61, joined the social media platform in 2023 months after Musk’s takeover. </p></fbs-accordion><small>Getty Images for Vox Media</small></figcaption></figure>

<div class="key-facts-element"><p>Yaccarino, 61, <a href="https://x.com/lindayaX/status/1942957094811951197?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="color-link" title="https://x.com/lindayaX/status/1942957094811951197?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://x.com/lindayaX/status/1942957094811951197?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" aria-label="announced">announced</a> her resignation on X but did not provide a reason for her departure, noting she 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></div>

<em>This is a developing story and will be updated</em>.

Yaccarino, 61, joined the social media platform in 2023 months after Musk’s takeover.{ai:summary}<p>Linda Yaccarino has announced her resignation as CEO of Elon Musk's X after a two-year tenure. Her departure follows controversial comments made by Musk's AI chatbot on the platform.</p><p>Yaccarino expressed gratitude to Musk for the opportunity but did not specify reasons for her exit. #politics</p>

Linda Yaccarino Steps Down As X CEO

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