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Vijaya Gadde | |
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 Gadde in 2021 | |
| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) |
| Education | Cornell University (BS) New York University (JD) |
Vijaya Gadde (born 1974)[1] is an American attorney, who served as general counsel and the head of legal, policy, and trust at Twitter.[2][3] Her role included handling issues such as harassment, misinformation, and harmful speech, and other decisions made by Twitter.[4][5] On October 27, 2022, she was fired by Elon Musk, following his acquisition of Twitter.[6][7][8]
In 2014, she was described by Fortune as the most powerful woman on Twitter's executive team, though she was later joined by Chief Marketing Officer Leslie Berland.[9][10][2]
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:9was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Conger, Kate; Hirsch, Lauren (October 28, 2022). "Elon Musk Completes $44 Billion Deal to Own Twitter". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
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- ^ Wagner, Kurt (August 24, 2017). "Twitter CMO Leslie Berland is also taking over human resources as the new 'Head of People'". Recode. Retrieved February 13, 2019.