Vijaya Gadde, the 48-year-old chief legal officer and general counsel of Twitter, called a virtual meeting with the policy and legal teams she oversees on Monday
Gadde wanted to update her team on the implications of Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of the company, and ended up breaking down in tears, Politico said
Gadde ‘expressed concerns about how the company could change,’ Politico reported, under Musk’s leadership, in which free speech is championed
Having joined Twitter in 2011, she has been central in crafting the company’s positions on banning hate speech versus allowing free debate
Gadde was instrumental in the decision to ban Donald Trump from the platform in January 2020 on charges of inciting violence
Musk has not commented on reinstating the former president’s account and his 89m followers; Trump said on Monday he will not rejoin, but few believe him
Conservative commentator Saagar Enjeti called her Twitter’s ‘top censorship advocate’ and noted her key role in banning reports on Hunter Biden’s laptop
Musk replied: ‘Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate’
I hope he is good at being ruthless with this vermin.