Linda Yaccarino said she is stepping down from her role as CEO of X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. Yaccarino, who previously served as an advertising executive at NBCUniversal, took the helm of X two years ago. In a post on X announcing her departure, Yaccarino thanked Musk for the opportunity.

Yaccarino will be leaving X in a better position with its advertisers than she found it, it says.

Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, formerly known as Twitter, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee about Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis during a hearing today on January 3...