Twitter CEO Dorsey Faces Backlash For Posing with Anti-Brahmin Poster

[Update]: Twitter has apologized for the gaffe with poster."I'grand very sorry for this. It's not relective of our views. We took a private photo with a gift but given to us — we should have been more thoughtful," Vijaya Gadde, Global Head of Legal, Policy, Trust and Safety Pb at Twitter, tweeted.

"Twitter strives to exist an impartial platform for all. We failed to practise that here & nosotros must do better to serve our customers in India," she added.

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey visited Republic of india earlier this month on a week-long trip and talked almost his entrepreneurial journey, how the visitor is working to adjourn fake news and promote salubrious conversations as the 2019 elections inch closer. However, Dorsey's visit has also stirred upwards a storm later he was clicked belongings a poster which said 'Smash Brahmanical Patriarchy'.

Post-obit a closed-door word with some journalists, activists, and members from Twitter India's team, Dorsey posed for pictures property a poster which didn't get well with some sections of Indian social media.

What a shame; How can people put such a hate affiche and malign a community: @jack How can you as ceo of @twitter be party to this kind of hate? Shocking; this is @brahminphobia of the worst kind https://t.co/bWU0eBo9yG

— Mohandas Pai (@TVMohandasPai) November xix, 2018

Critics accused Dorsey of insulting an ethnic group which has been integral to the Indian culture and demanded an 'unqualified amends' from him over his grave fault. Others questioned why would the head of a global company like Twitter limited such insensitivity towards a group and hurt people's sentiments, while some even went on to phone call information technology a propaganda hatched by the 'far-left minds'.

Infuriated users besides questioned Twitter'southward policies and asked how the company tolerates something which plants the seed of discord and disturbs social harmony. Eminent figures like former Infosys Managing director T. V. Mohandas Pai joined the wave of criticism created past offended people who vented their fury on social media sites.

Can a law adapt be filed for promoting racial bigotry against Twitter head?

— Out of Context (@Konkani_babu) November 19, 2018

Following the backlash, the official Twitter Bharat handle tweeted a short epitomize of Dorsey's coming together which mentioned that the controversial poster was a souvenir from an activist. Twitter Republic of india also clarified that information technology was not an official argument from Twitter or its CEO, but a reflection of the visitor's efforts to process all facets of 'important public discussions' that take place on the social media platform.

Recently we hosted a closed door discussion with a group of women journalists and alter makers from Republic of india to ameliorate understand their experience using Twitter. One of the participants, a Dalit activist, shared her personal experiences and gifted a poster to Jack. https://t.co/96gd3XmFgK

— Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) November 19, 2018

Twitter has been in the news lately after information leaked from the company's role in Dubai allegedly led to the murder of a journalist named Turki Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Jasser. The visitor, which is battling fake news and detest speech at a feverish pace, also had to issue an apology earlier this month afterwards 'Kill All Jews' emerged every bit a trending topic for users in the New York expanse.

Source: https://beebom.com/jack-dorsey-anti-brahmin-poster/

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