US EditionSamiran Gupta: Top X (Twitter) boss in India 'resigns' - amid court battle over content removal
- Social media platform X's most senior employee in India has resigned ahead of the country's elections, as the company fights the government in court over content removal.
- X is appealing against an Indian court ruling that it had failed to comply with government orders to remove certain content, arguing it could embolden New Delhi to block more content and broaden the scope for censorship.
- India has accused X of being a "habitual non-compliant platform" that has undermined the government's role by not following orders to remove content.
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X social media's India, South Asia policy head Gupta resigns, sources say
Social media platform X's head of policy for India and South Asia, Samiran Gupta, has resigned, two sources said, a top departure that comes ahead of India elections and as the company fights a court battle with New Delhi over content removal.
Samiran Gupta: Top X (Twitter) boss in India 'resigns' - amid court battle over content removal
Samiran Gupta joined Twitter in India in February 2022, eight months before tech entrepreneur Elon Musk completed his $44bn (about £36bn) acquisition, and finished in September this year, according to his LinkedIn profile.
X social media's India, South Asia policy head Gupta resigns
NEW DELHI, India – Social media platform X’s head of policy for India and South Asia, Samiran Gupta, has resigned, two sources said, a top departure that comes ahead of India elections and as the company fights a court battle with New Delhi over content removal. Gupta was the most senior India employee for X, formerly known as Twitter, and responsible for “key content-related policy issues” and “defending Twitter’s position with new policy devel…
X's Senior India Employee Samiran Gupta Resigns: Report
Social media platform X's head of policy for India and South Asia, Samiran Gupta, has resigned, two sources said, a top departure that comes ahead of India elections and as the company fights a court battle with New Delhi over content removal.
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