[2] In addition, he is a technical advisor on the Commission on Information Disorder at the Aspen Institute and a board member at Indiana University's Observatory on Social Media.

[1] Roth attended Swarthmore College, graduating in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts and high honors in political science, and a minor in film and media studies.

According to a Medium post he wrote in 2016, Roth's interest in safety was inspired by an incident in which he outed an athlete as gay, later feeling guilty.

[1] Speaking to journalist Casey Newton on This American Life, Roth recounted meeting a content moderator for the dating site Manhunt, inspiring him to write his dissertation.

[7] 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.

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.

[10] 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.

[13] 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.