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Twitter's Top Lawyer Breaks Down In Tears During Musk Takeover Meeting

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/twitters-top-lawyer-reassures-staff-cries-during-meeting-about-musk-takeover-00027931
https://twitter.com/seancpdx/status/1519054764687962115

Twitter's top lawyer, Vijaya Gadde, reportedly broke down in tears
during a virtual meeting with the company's policy and legal teams to
discuss the ramifications of Elon Musk's purchase of the social media
platform.

According to Politico, "Gadde cried during the meeting as she
expressed concerns about how the company could change," and
"acknowledged that there are significant uncertainties about what the
company will look like under Musk’s leadership."

Having been with Twitter since 2011, Gadde was the key executive in
charge of 'trust and safety, legal and public policy functions' -
described by Politico as the company's "moral authority."

    Gadde holds one of the most controversial positions at Twitter:
Her teams decide how to moderate content. That’s made her a target of
right-wing criticism, particularly when Twitter blocked the
distribution of a New York Post article about President Joe Biden’s
son, Hunter Biden, in 2020. She faced a renewed wave of criticism
after multiple reports confirmed she was behind the decision to ban
Trump from Twitter. -Politico

In other words, Gadde is likely the exec who signed off on ZeroHedge's
February 2020 ban for speculating that Covid-19 may have emerged from
a Wuhan Lab, and President Trump's January 2021 ban in connection with
the capitol riot.

    She has shepherded Twitter through some of its most contentious
political battles, including the decisions to remove all political
advertising and to boot former President Donald Trump from the
platform in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill — a position
that has earned her devoted fans within Twitter, as well as a large
contingent of right-wing critics.

    But as news of Musk’s official takeover broke, policy and legal
employees fretted at the meeting about what his leadership could mean
for Twitter’s carefully crafted online speech rules, including its
policies against hate speech, misinformation and even political
advertising. -Politico

She played a 'leading role' in the negotiation between Twitter and
Musk, according to the report.

"I think everyone at Twitter, regardless of how they feel about the
news, is feeling reflective and emotional," said a Twitter employee.
"We’ve gone through a lot in the past two years and I think it’s
generally instigated a lot of reflection. I think this was more of an
acknowledgment of the uncertainty everyone is feeling right now."

As a reminder, Gadde is crying because her new boss is a 'free speech
absolutist,' while she wants to silence divergent opinions from her
own.

    she seemed so tough then:https://t.co/3HXyJkeGnY
    — 01 (@seancpdx) April 26, 2022

"I’m often inspired by the vigorous debates on controversial issues
that occur on Twitter, but I’ve also been seriously troubled by the
plight of some of our users who are completely overwhelmed by those
who are trying to silence healthy discourse in the name of free
expression," Gadde wrote in 2015. "At times, this takes the form of
hateful speech in tweets directed at women or minority groups; at
others, it takes the form of threats aimed to intimidate those who
take a stand on issues."

What a crying shame.


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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/technology/twitter-donald-trump-jack-dorsey.html
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/28/twitter-vijaya-gadde-free-speech-policies-technology-social-media-429221
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