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Former Amnesty India chief and Modi hater Aakar Patel runs away from court battle over fear of facing heavy fines

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Former Amnesty India chief and Modi hater Aakar Patel runs away from court battle over fear of facing heavy fines

Former chief of Amnesty India Aakar Patel withdrew Thursday his interlocutory application (IA) from the Karnataka High Court in the ongoing case filed by Twitter challenging orders issued by the Center for blocking Twitter accounts.

The withdrawal came after Justice Krishna S Dixit hinted that the court will impose heavy penalties—to the tune of Rs 25 lakhs—for wasting its time and to deter such litigants from moving courts to promote somebody else’s cause.

“If your submission is accepted then there could be lakhs of persons whose accounts are blocked. If they are permitted, the Court will be full,” the Court said before Patel withdrew his application.

Justice Dixit adjourned the hearing to November 16 after highlighting that a similar IA filed by Supreme Court advocate Sanjay Hegde was rejected by the court.

Patel, seeking for impleadment as an intervenor, had claimed that he had suffered due to the “unconstitutional blocking orders” that affected his Twitter account. He averred that in June 2020, it appeared to him that the Centre had compelled Twitter to block his account under section 69A of the IT Act.

The former Amnesty India chief, who has been a strident critic of the government and has often levelled allegations against the Centre without furnishing evidence to back it, claimed in the application that he was not heard before issuing the order and the copy of it wasn’t given to him either. 

“The respondents (central government) restricted my right to speech and carry on my profession for as yet unknown reasons. I believe that other users of Twitter and other social media platforms have faced similar concerns as me, many of whom may be affected by the impugned orders but are not represented in the present proceedings,” Patel stated in his IA.

However, Justice Dixit considered Aakar Patel’s petition as infructuous and warned him of heavy penalties should he persist with it, following which he withdrew his application.

Russia: Putin cracks down on LGBTQ propaganda, seeks to toughen 2013 law and ban the promotion of homosexuality, trans activism

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Russia: Putin cracks down on LGBTQ propaganda, seeks to toughen 2013 law and ban the promotion of homosexuality, trans activism

On Thursday, Russian legislators agreed to toughen the country’s 2013 law against ‘gay propaganda’, prohibiting all Russians from furthering or praising homosexual relationships or publicly implying that they are ‘normal’.

According to the reports, Moscow’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, unanimously approved amendments to strengthen the law against ‘propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations’, making such propaganda illegal among Russians of all ages. The first version of the law, passed in 2013, prohibited propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships among minors. However, the amendment aims at expanding the law to include those aged 18 and above.

“Our bill is not an act of censorship. We are only saying that propaganda, that is, positive promotion, praise, saying that this is normal, and maybe even better than traditional relations, should be banned,” said the head of the State Duma’s Information Policy Committee, Alexander Khinshtein during the parliament session. However, the proposed change has to be approved by Russia’s upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, and signed into law by Russian President Vladimir Putin, to take effect. 

The bill makes ‘propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships’ a crime punishable by a fine of up to 400,000 rubles ($6,500) for individuals and up to 5 million rubles ($81,400) for legal entities. According to the reports, foreigners who violate the law could face up to 15 days in jail or deportation. On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin happened to slam Western culture. “The West can do whatever they want with gay parades but shouldn’t dictate the same rules for Russia”, he said.

Earlier in the year 2017, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia’s ‘gay propaganda law’ is discriminatory, promotes homophobia and violates the European Convention on Human Rights. “The law serves no legitimate public interest”, the Court had said. It had further rejected suggestions that public debate on LGBT matters could persuade children to become homosexual, or that it threatened public morals.

“Above all, by adopting such laws the court found that the authorities had reinforced stigma and prejudice and encouraged homophobia, which was incompatible with the values of equality, pluralism and tolerance of a democratic society”, the court document read further.

Reportedly, the newly introduced provisions are aimed at prohibiting ‘gay propaganda’ for all Russians, not just minors, in advertisements, the internet, media, literature and also in cinema. The amendments also seek to prohibit the ‘denial of family values’ and propaganda that can ’cause minors to desire to change their sex’. 

Canada: Indians holding Tricolour stand against Khalistan supporters in Mississauga, raise ‘Khalistan Murdabad’ slogans

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Canada: Indians holding Tricolour stand against Khalistan supporters in Mississauga, raise ‘Khalistan Murdabad’ slogans

On Monday evening, two groups clashed in Mississauga city, Canada, during the Diwali celebration. A video of the fight began circulating on social media, in which a group of Khalistan supporters was seen clashing with Indians. Hundreds of people engaged in a face-off and sloganeering. According to the Mississauga-based online news outlet Insauga, the fight occurred in the Malton area. 

The video shows police officers attempting to keep crowds apart during a Diwali celebration. The group of so-called Khalistan referendum supporters held banners and raised slogans like ‘Raj Karega Khalsa’ and the other group of Indians raised ‘Khalistan Murdabad’ slogans.

On Monday night, Peel Regional Police received reports of a fight near Goreway and Etude drives. According to police, they received reports of hundreds of people fighting in a nearby parking lot.

Informing about the same, the Peel Regional Police tweeted, ”FIGHT – Goreway Dr / Etude Dr #Mississauga – #PRP responded to reports of 400-500 people fighting in a parking lot – #PRP located one person with injuries – Male being assessed by @Peel_Paramedics- #PRP remaining in the area as things have calmed down – C/R 9:41 pm – 22-0357908.”

According to the local media reports, fireworks were burnt in the Westwood Mall’s parking lot. However, the police were not sure if this led to the escalation. No arrests have been made so far.

The altercation between the two groups occurred amid growing concern in Canada about the rise of Khalistani separatist activities.  India recently asked the Canadian government to stop the November 6 ‘Khalistan Referendum’ announced by anti-India elements in Ontario. India has stated unequivocally that it will continue to raise these concerns in New Delhi and Ottawa.

Notably, the Narendra Modi government in India recently issued a demarche to the Justin Trudeau-led Canadian government, urging it to halt the purported Khalistan referendum scheduled for November 6 in Ontario by a banned organization because it would violate India’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. A senior official from the Ministry of External Affairs delivered the demarche to a senior official of the Canadian High Commission.

On September 19, a purported ‘referendum’ on Khalistan was held in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It was organized by the pro-Khalistani outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ). SFJ claimed that over 100,000 Canadian Sikhs attended the “referendum.”

‘Smash Brahmanical patriarchy’ fame Vijaya Gadde liked this tweet of Elon Musk before being sacked by him

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‘Smash Brahmanical patriarchy’ fame Vijaya Gadde liked this tweet of Elon Musk before being sacked by him

Hours before being fired by Elon Musk, the Legal Head of Twitter Inc, Vijaya Gadde, had liked a tweet of the new owner of the micro-blogging platform. Vijaya Gadde was sacked shortly after the Tesla CEO visited the headquarters of Twitter in San Francisco and finalised the $44-billion deal, which effectively made Musk the new owner of Twitter.

On Thursday (October 27), Elon Musk had tweeted, “Meeting a lot of cool people at Twitter today.” Interestingly, the Twitter Legal Head had liked the tweet probably before learning about her impending fate.

Vijay Gadde liked the tweet of Elon Musk about his visit to Twitter headquarters

Besides her, the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Ned Segal and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Parag Agrawal were also fired for misleading the Tesla CEO and the investors about fake accounts on Twitter.

In April, it was reported that Gadde was all set to lose her $17 million-a-year job as Musk expressed no confidence in the top management of Twitter. The Tesla CEO had taken potshots at her for censoring the critical ‘Hunter Biden story.’

She also played a vital role in terminating ex-President Donald Trump’s account on Twitter. In an article, Politico had reported that Gadde broke down in tears after learning about the possibility of a change in ownership of the micro-blogging platform.

In 2018, Twitter founder ack Dorsey stoked a massive controversy after he was seen holding an anti-Brahmin placard, which read ‘Smash Brahminical Patriarchy.’ Dorsey was accompanied by Vijaya Gadde along with the poster’s designer, Thenmozhi Soundararajan.

Following outrage on social media, Vijaya Gadde ‘profusely’ apologised to people for hurting their statements.

DMK leader Saidai Sadiq makes sexual innuendos against women actor-turned-BJP leaders, DMK MP Kanimozhi apologizes on his behalf: Read what happened

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DMK leader Saidai Sadiq makes sexual innuendos against women actor-turned-BJP leaders, DMK MP Kanimozhi apologizes on his behalf: Read what happened

On Thursday, October 27, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) women’s wing secretary and MP Kanimozhi took to Twitter to apologise for the unparliamentary remarks made by her party’s spokesperson Saidai Sadiq about women actors-turned-BJP leaders in Tamil Nadu. DMK MP Kanimozhi was responding to a Tweet posted by BJP leader Khushbu Sundar, who tagged Kanimozhi and asked if insulting women was part of the “new Dravidian Model”.

Kanimozhi Tweeted, “I apologise as a woman and human being for what was said. This can never be tolerated irrespective of whoever did it, of the space it was said or party they adhere to. And I’m able to openly apologise for this because my leader @mkstalin and my party @arivalayam don’t condone this.”

The Tweet was in response to Khushbu Sundar, the Tamil actor turned politician who resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP last year.

“When men abuse women, it just shows what kind of upbringing they have had and the toxic environment they were brought up in. These men insult the womb of a woman. Such men call themselves followers of Kalaignar. Is this new Dravidian model under CM Stalin’s rule?” Khushbu tweeted, tagging Kanimozhi.

The entire controversy erupted after a video clip surfaced on social media platforms, wherein DMK spokesperson identified as Saidai Sadiq mocked Khushbu Sundar and three other BJP leaders like actor Namitha, Gayathri Raghuram and Gautami by calling them “items” (a derogatory way of referring to women). The DMK leader was speaking at a public meeting held by the party leaders to thank Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin for getting reelected as DMK leader for the second time.

In his speech, Saidai Sadiq made a sexual innuendo about Khushbu while talking about the time when she was a member of the DMK. He could be heard saying the saffron party depended only on these “actresses” to make inroads into Tamil Nadu.

“Khushbu says that lotus will bloom in Tamil Nadu. I say hair will grow back on Amit Shah’s head but the lotus has no chance of blooming in Tamil Nadu,” Sadiq had said.

“What do you think of yourself? Do you all know how many times my brother Ilaya Aruna did Khushbu? I mean he had meetings with her when she was in the DMK. He brought Khushbu around six times for meetings,” Sadiq had further claimed.

This isn’t, however, the first time Saidai Sadiq has made disparaging remarks. In May 2022, he made a transphobic statement about Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai.

Twitter blocks user for Tom and Jerry GIF, then suspends for cat GIF available on its own platform: Will Elon Musk be able to fix the systemic issues?

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Twitter blocks user for Tom and Jerry GIF, then suspends for cat GIF available on its own platform: Will Elon Musk be able to fix the systemic issues?

Twitter has been in the news for arbitrarily suspending specific handles. Its Leftist bias has been openly admitted, and even flaunted by the previous senior management. Elon Musk finally took over as the owner of the platform and began his first day by firing CEO Parag Agrawal, legal head Vijaya Gadde and CFO Ned Segal.

Recently, a popular Right Wing handle @MrSinha_ was suspended by Twitter, for the ‘offense’ of sharing a cat GIF, that was available on Twitter media.

The handle @MrSinha_ had used a cat sketch animation GIF in a reply to one of his friends. There was no text of abuse, racial slurs, or violence in his reply. In the GIF, one cartoon cat was slapping another.

The handle was locked earlier for sharing a GIF of the cartoon character Tom hitting Jerry the mouse.

Many Twitter users have expressed outrage over the arbitrary suspension of @MrSinha_ and have asked Twitter to restore the handle.

It is notable here that arbitrary suspension of Right Wing accounts has been a constant issue with Twitter. Earlier this year, popular fact-check handle @BefittingFacts was suspended citing ‘violation’ of Twitter rules. Other popular handles like The Skin Doctor and The Angry Lord have also faced suspension from Twitter for alleged policy violations.

The so-called rules, however, often do not apply to Leftist accounts on Twitter which get away with sharing blatant false news, abuse, and threats of violence.

Elon Musk, the new Twitter boss, has been vocal about the platform’s biased approach and has asserted that he would fix the issues, including politically biased censoring and bots.

Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth drops by $100 billion this year as Facebook struggles, Meta’s value plunges by $89 billion amid rising costs: Details

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Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth drops by $100 billion this year as Facebook struggles, Meta’s value plunges by $89 billion amid rising costs: Details

On Thursday, Meta’s value plunged by $89 billion after the company owner Mark Zuckerberg reported another quarter of falling revenues and also failed to entice shareholders that big bets on the metaverse and artificial intelligence have been paying off. In New York, Meta shares fell 25% as the world’s largest social networking app joined other Big Tech companies in notifying that an economic slowdown was hurting its advertising businesses as brands had cut back on marketing.

According to the reports, in addition to the broader macroeconomic difficulties, Meta faces a series of challenges, including growing competition for its Instagram platform from competitors such as short-form video app TikTok and difficulties in targeting and evaluating advertising due to Apple’s privacy policy shifts.

The company said late Wednesday that revenue in the current quarter would be in the $30 billion to $32.5 billion range, compared to analysts’ expectations of $32.2 billion. As per the reports, the net financial income of the company dropped 52% to $4.4 billion in the third quarter, falling short of consensus estimates of $5 billion. Meanwhile, revenues fell 4% to $27.71 billion, the slowest rate of growth since going public in 2012. 

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Meta said on Wednesday that the company faced near-term challenges in revenue but the fundamentals are there for a return to stronger revenue growth. He told the investors that he is pretty confident this is going in a good direction. During a conference call with the analysts, he also doubled down on his biggest bets, such as developing a short-form video format to compete with TikTok, business messaging, and the metaverse. He reassured the investors that these investments would pay off in the long run.

Meta’s unimpressive revenues came amid a relatively broad sell-off in Big Tech securities. Google’s shares dropped more than 9% on Wednesday after the company reported a sudden severe slowdown in its core search ads business, while Snap’s stock fell last week after the company reported its slowest rate of growth since going public in 2017.

Notably, investors had already questioned Meta’s decision to spend heavily on Zuckerberg’s vision of creating a digital avatar-filled world known as the metaverse, which grew rapidly during the coronavirus pandemic. This, like Meta’s other virtual and augmented reality projects, is not expected to yield results for many years. Meanwhile, Reality Labs, the company’s metaverse unit, saw revenues nearly drastically reduced to $285 million in the third quarter, while losses were $3.7 billion, up from $2.6 billion in the previous year. The company anticipates that operating losses in the unit would increase significantly year over year in 2023.

The company earlier had estimated that the total company expenses in 2022 would be in the range of $85 billion to $87 billion, recording a drop from its previous estimate of $85 billion to $88 billion. However, despite recently attempting to cut costs and freeze most hiring, it projects 2023 expenditures in the range of $96 billion to $101 billion.

“The company is making significant changes across the board to operate more efficiently and has increased scrutiny on all areas of operating expenses. But these moves will take time to play out”, the company stated adding that some attempts to find savings, like shrinking its work space and allowing more employees to work from home, would result in incremental costs in the near term.

The investors were also informed by Zuckerberg that the company’s investment in artificial intelligence functionality contributed to an increase in capital expenditure, but that was necessary as it would help to increase views of its short-form video format. To note, Zuckerberg’s net worth has also recorded a severe drop by around more than $100 billion this year as Meta faces investor pessimism about its future growth trajectory. His net worth now measures approximately $36 billion.

Facebook had 1.98 billion active daily users on average in September, a 3 percent rise from the previous year. That may appear credible, but it is far from the massive growth seen by Facebook in past years. Reportedly, the slower growth follows Facebook’s announcement in February that it had lost users for the first time in its history.

Tibet erupts in massive protest against China, left without food and water, protestors say will set things on fire if COVID restrictions are not lifted

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Tibet erupts in massive protest against China, left without food and water, protestors say will set things on fire if COVID restrictions are not lifted

Tibetan people have started protesting against the harsh Covid lockdowns enforced by the Chinese government. In a recent incident in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on 26 October, angry Tibetans took to the streets against the forced lockdowns imposed upon them by the Chinese regime for over two months.

As per a report by Radio Free Asia, the October 26 protests were the first major protest in Lhasa since the 2008 Tibetan uprising. RFA also shared a video showing dozens of protestors on the streets of Lhasa. In the video, dozens of Tibetans seen resisting the work of Chinese Covid enforcement officials clad in white protective suits. In a later video, the locals are seen angrily resisting them and blocking the streets.

RFA reported citing locals that they warned the Chinese officials that if the harsh Covid restrictions are not lifted, they would start setting things on fire. The standoff reportedly occurred in the Chakrong area, in Lhasa’s Chengguan district and in the Payi area too. The Tibetans have stated that the conflict between the civilians and Chinese officials may turn violent.

As per reports, Lhasa has been under lockdown since August after some Covid cases were reported. Under China’s strict zero-Covid policy, dozens of cities have been placed under lockdown. Lhasa residents have stated that the Chinese regime’s lockdown order cam abruptly and has caused food shortages, and has even left some Covid positive people incapable of seeing proper treatment.

There were also reports of Tibetans jumping from buildings, possibly to escape quarantine.

Tibet was forcefully occupied by China over 70 years ag. In 1959, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, along with his thousands of supporters had come to India, fleeing from the Chinese government threat of persecution. China has been working since then restrict cultural and religious expression of any kind by the Tibetan people.

RFA has stated that the strict Covid restrictions and food shortages are not restricted to Tibet alone. As per its report, at least 22 people have died due to lack of food and medical care in the Uyghur majority Xinjiang region. Any social media post made to highlight the suffering of the people is deleted by the censors deployed by the Chinese government.

In September, the Central Tibetan Administration, the Tibetan Govt in exile operating from Dharmashala, India shared a statement saying that the Chinese authorities are holding Tibetans in quarantine camps without adequate food, water, or medical care. Camp managers have routinely placed infected persons with others still uninfected, resulting in a further spread of the virus, it had added.

Migrant Han Chinese workers pleading with authorities to be allowed to go home

RFA also reported that many of the workers in Lhasa are migrant workers seeking employment in Lhasa. Since the strict Covid lockdown has made it difficult to earn a livelihood, they have been pleading with the Chinese authorities to be allowed to return to their hometowns. Most of these migrant workers have been staying in Lhasa under a permit and work as daily wage labourers. Due to the lockdown that has been in place for nearly 3 months, they are unable to sustain and want to return home.

In another video shared by RFA, one of the Chinese officers is seen trying to explain to the workers that their concerns have been forwarded to senior authorities and they should stop creating a roadblock.

Some experts have stated that the Chinese authorities have not yet resorted to violence to crack down on anti-Covid protests because it involves not just Tibetans, but Han Chinese migrant workers too. The Lhasa Public Security Bureau, when contacted b RFA, denied the occurrence of any protests, and insisted that everything has been peaceful and orderly. They also added that no arrests have been made.

‘Future belongs to India’: Russian President Putin lauds PM Modi’s independent foreign policy and Make in India, hails him as a patriot

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‘Future belongs to India’: Russian President Putin lauds PM Modi’s independent foreign policy and Make in India, hails him as a patriot

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s independent foreign policy in his annual address to the Valdai Discussion Club, a Moscow-based think tank, on Thursday, implying that a lot has been done under his leadership in India and hailed him a patriot of the country, as per the Reuters translation of Putin’s remarks.

Putin applauded PM Modi’s independent foreign policy and stated that a lot has been accomplished in India under his leadership.

The Russian president also referred to Prime Minister Modi as a patriot of the country, according to a Reuters translation of Putin’s statement in Russian.

“A lot has been done under the leadership of PM Modi. He is a patriot of his country. His idea of ‘Make in India‘ matters both economic wise and in ethics. Future belongs to India, it can also be proud of the fact that it’s the largest democracy in the world,” Putin said at Valdai Discussion Club.

The Russian president called India’s transformation from a British colony to a modern state “tremendous,” adding that the country’s 1.5 billion people and visible development results deserve everyone’s respect and admiration.

Prime Minister Modi is one of those people in the world who is capable of conducting independent foreign policy in the interest of his nation despite any attempts to do some detente or limit something, Putin remarked as reported by ANI.

“India has made tremendous progress in its development from being a British colony to a modern state. 1.5 billion people and tangible development results give reasons for everyone’s respect and admiration for India,” he asserted.

He also underlined India-Russia ties, referring to it as a special relationship and how the two countries have backed each other for decades and continue to do so.

“It has been underpinned by a close ally relationship of many decades. We’ve never had any difficult issues and supported each other and that’s happening right now. I’m sure it’ll happen in the future,” Putin said according to the translation.

Putin also stated that Prime Minister Modi has asked him to increase the supply of fertilizers, which is critical for Indian agriculture.

“We have increased the volume by 7.6 times. Trade in agriculture with India has nearly doubled,” he pointed out.

In his address to the Kremlin-affiliated institute, the Russian President also slammed the West for playing “dirty games” for global dominance, saying that he is convinced that “new centres of power will emerge in the multipolar world and the West will have to start talking as equals about our collective future.”

Putin asserted that the United States and its allies are not immune to the consequences of their own actions. During the session, Putin stated that the West cannot ignore the crisis that it has prompted.

“Only a world united by common goals can act on the challenges that it faces,” Putin continued.

“Power over the world is what the West has placed at stake in the game it plays. This game is certainly dangerous, bloody, and I would call it dirty.”

Notably, trade ties between India and Russia are reaching new heights. As per the reports, Russia’s share of India’s oil imports ramped up to an all-time high of 23% from 19% the previous month, while the Middle East’s share tumbled to 56.4% from 59%.

‘The bird is freed’: Elon Musk takes over Twitter, fires “smash Brahmanical patriarchy” fame Gadde, CEO Parag Agarwal

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‘The bird is freed’: Elon Musk takes over Twitter, fires “smash Brahmanical patriarchy” fame Gadde, CEO Parag Agarwal

On Friday (October 28), Tesla CEO Elon Musk fired top executives of Twitter Inc. including CEO Parag Agrawal and its legal Head Vijaya Gadde, reported Reuters.

The development came immediately after Musk took over the ownership of the micro-blogging platform on October 28. Besides Agrawal and Gadde, the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Ned Segal was also fired for misleading the Tesla CEO and the investors about fake accounts on Twitter.

Citing sources, Reuters reported that Parag Agrawal and Ned Segal were ‘escorted out’ of Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco after the $44-billion deal came to fruition. Elon Musk tweeted, “the bird is freed”.

Elon Musk had vowed to eliminate spam bots from the micro-blogging site, protect Twitter from becoming an eco chamber for hate and division and make algorithms open-sourced.

In April, it was reported that Gadde was all set to lose her $17 million-a-year job as Musk expressed no confidence in the top management of Twitter. The Tesla CEO had taken potshots at her for censoring the critical ‘Hunter Biden story.’

She also played a vital role in terminating ex-President Donald Trump’s account on Twitter. In an article, Politico had reported that Gadde broke down in tears after learning about the possibility of a change in ownership of the micro-blogging platform.

In 2018, Twitter founder ack Dorsey stoked a massive controversy after he was seen holding an anti-Brahmin placard, which read ‘Smash Brahminical Patriarchy.’ Dorsey was accompanied by Vijaya Gadde along with the poster’s designer, Thenmozhi Soundararajan.

Following outrage on social media, Vijaya Gadde ‘profusely’ apologised to people for hurting their statements.

Events leading up to the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk

On Thursday (October 27), Elon Musk visited Twitter headquarters, carrying a ceramic sink. He shared a video of his entry with the caption “Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!”

“Let that sink in” is an English phrase used to ask someone to realize the importance of a statement, or event. Musk has also changed his Twitter bio to ‘Chief Twit’, and had added ‘Twitter HQ’ as the location. He had earlier shared that buying Twitter was the first step towards making X, the everything App.

In a note addressed to Twitter advertisers, he shared his motivation behind purchasing Twitter and his thoughts about advertisements on social media. Musk said that he bought Twitter to help humanity, not to make money, and not because it was easy.

“The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence,” he wrote.

Musk had said that despite his goal of serving the humanity, content moderation on the platform will remain. “Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences,” he said. 

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