Joan Deitchman

Senior Engineering Manager, ML Ethics Team · Twitter · 2022

Team eliminatedExplicitly stated

Evidence reviewed July 22, 2026

What happened

Laid off when Elon Musk eliminated the entire ~20-person META (ML Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability) team. Stated publicly: 'The team that was researching and pushing for algorithmic transparency and algorithmic choice... is gone.'

Team Dissolution Inadequate Oversight Safety Deprioritization

Sources

Welp, There Goes Twitter's Ethical AI TeamGizmodo

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