Rahul hopes Twitter will now act towards hate speech, not stifle voice of opposition in India
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NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi hoped on Friday that Twitter would now act towards hate speech, verify information extra robustly and never stifle the voice of the opposition in India, quickly after billionaire Elon Musk took over the social media large and fired 4 of its prime executives.
Gandhi’s Twitter deal with was briefly locked after he shared an image of a rape sufferer and acquired a discover from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).
He had not used his account on the microblogging web site for a while after that. The Congress chief has been utilizing his Twitter deal with to assault the Narendra Modi authorities usually.
“Congrats @elonmusk. I hope @Twitter will now act against hate speech, fact check more robustly, and will no longer stifle the opposition’s voice in India due to government pressure,” Gandhi tweeted.
Congrats @elonmusk.
I hope @Twitter will now act towards hate speech, reality verify extra robustly, and can now not stifle the opposition’s voice in India because of authorities stress. pic.twitter.com/j2unZeYYj6
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 28, 2022
Musk closed the deal to purchase Twitter and tweeted: “The bird is freed”, quickly after finishing the whopping USD 44 billion takeovers of the web site and firing 4 of its prime executives, together with CEO Parag Agrawal and authorized government Vijaya Gadde.
Citing folks with data of the state of affairs, a information report mentioned Musk “has started cleaning the house at Twitter with the firings of at least four top executives”.
Besides Agrawal and Gadde, Twitter’s chief monetary officer Ned Segal and normal counsel Sean Edgett had been additionally fired.
“At least one of the executives who was fired was escorted out of Twitter’s office,” the report mentioned. Gandhi additionally shared a graph of “manipulation” of his Twitter deal with.
It highlighted how, between August 2021 and February 2022, the brand new followers of the Congress chief had been suppressed.
ALSO READ | Parag Agrawal’s 11-month tenure as Twitter CEO ends as Elon Musk takes management
Gandhi claimed that he had made 20 appeals to Twitter, even because the social media large denied any wrongdoing.
The graph additionally reveals from January 2021, Gandhi’s Twitter account noticed the variety of new followers rising and after February 2022, it began rising once more.
NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi hoped on Friday that Twitter would now act towards hate speech, verify information extra robustly and never stifle the voice of the opposition in India, quickly after billionaire Elon Musk took over the social media large and fired 4 of its prime executives.
Gandhi’s Twitter deal with was briefly locked after he shared an image of a rape sufferer and acquired a discover from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).
He had not used his account on the microblogging web site for a while after that. The Congress chief has been utilizing his Twitter deal with to assault the Narendra Modi authorities usually.
“Congrats @elonmusk. I hope @Twitter will now act against hate speech, fact check more robustly, and will no longer stifle the opposition’s voice in India due to government pressure,” Gandhi tweeted.
Congrats @elonmusk.
I hope @Twitter will now act towards hate speech, reality verify extra robustly, and can now not stifle the opposition’s voice in India because of authorities stress. pic.twitter.com/j2unZeYYj6
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 28, 2022
Musk closed the deal to purchase Twitter and tweeted: “The bird is freed”, quickly after finishing the whopping USD 44 billion takeovers of the web site and firing 4 of its prime executives, together with CEO Parag Agrawal and authorized government Vijaya Gadde.
Citing folks with data of the state of affairs, a information report mentioned Musk “has started cleaning the house at Twitter with the firings of at least four top executives”.
Besides Agrawal and Gadde, Twitter’s chief monetary officer Ned Segal and normal counsel Sean Edgett had been additionally fired.
“At least one of the executives who was fired was escorted out of Twitter’s office,” the report mentioned. Gandhi additionally shared a graph of “manipulation” of his Twitter deal with.
It highlighted how, between August 2021 and February 2022, the brand new followers of the Congress chief had been suppressed.
ALSO READ | Parag Agrawal’s 11-month tenure as Twitter CEO ends as Elon Musk takes management
Gandhi claimed that he had made 20 appeals to Twitter, even because the social media large denied any wrongdoing.
The graph additionally reveals from January 2021, Gandhi’s Twitter account noticed the variety of new followers rising and after February 2022, it began rising once more.
