Twitter Roth joined the social media site
Twitter as an intern moderating content in 2014. In July 2015, he was promoted to senior program manager for product trust. His entrance at the company came as a memo written by then-CEO
Dick Costolo was released admitting that Twitter's content moderation was lackluster. During his tenure at Twitter, Roth was involved in efforts to counter
disinformation during the 2016 United States elections, including the
Internet Research Agency's interference. In May 2020, then president
Donald Trump claimed that
mail-in ballots were going to lead to fraud. Roth took direct action against the tweet by labeling it as inaccurate, citing Twitter's policy against electoral fraudhood, marking the first time a tweet from Trump had action taken against it. Concurrently, Twitter's communications team announced the decision. The label included a blog post signed by Roth; three days later,
Kellyanne Conway,
Counselor to the President, mentioned Roth on
Fox & Friends and blamed him for censorship on Twitter as a whole. The
New York Post included Roth on the cover of their next issue, with Trump holding up a copy as he announced an
executive order against censorship by technology companies. The release of the
Twitter Files brought renewed attention to Roth. During a
Twitter Spaces discussion involving Musk, a participant brought up Roth's dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania falsely suggesting he supported children accessing adult Internet sites, such as
Grindr. Musk then claimed that Twitter "refused to take action on child exploitation for years", which founder and CEO
Jack Dorsey disputed. Musk's tweet forced Roth and his family to leave their home as he received
death threats. Musk's comments echoed rhetoric adjacent to the conspiracy theory
QAnon. Since leaving Twitter, Roth has spoken about the apprehension during the development of Birdwatch, now known as
Community Notes, and how it was intended to complement rather than replace other means of moderating misinformation. Prior to the entire curation team being fired, Roth elaborated that "there was a belief amongst the
Trust and Safety team that people would not do uncompensated labor at scale".
Match Group In February 2024, Roth became the head of trust and safety at
Match Group. ==Personal life==