The former head of Trust and Safety at Twitter has reportedly left his home after Elon Musk criticized him online.
Yoel Roth, who resigned from the company in November, has been facing online attacks and threats of violence following the latest update in the so-called "Twitter Files" published by journalist Bari Weiss, according to CNN, which cited an unnamed source familiar with the matter.
The report suggests that Roth was one of several Twitter employees involved in discussing the decision to ban former President Donald Trump from the platform following the attack on the U.S Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The alleged threats against Roth have reportedly increased after Musk, 51, apparently supported tweets suggesting, without merit, that the former Twitter employee was sympathetic toward pedophilia, per CNN's report.
According to The Washington Post, Musk's Twitter activity misrepresented Roth's academic writing about sexuality and children and preceded threats to people Roth had replied to on Twitter as well as professors who reviewed a dissertation he wrote.
The Post also reports that Roth as well as his family were forced from their home in the wake of the online harassment.
A representative for Twitter did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
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