1. Vijaya Gadde was born on 1974 and is an American attorney, who served as general counsel and the head of legal, policy, and trust at Twitter.
11 Facts About Vijaya Gadde
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Vijaya Gadde's role included handling issues such as harassment, misinformation, and harmful speech, and other decisions made by Twitter.
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Vijaya Gadde's father pursued graduate studies in the United States and initially did not have the financial means to send for his wife and daughter until Gadde turned three.
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Vijaya Gadde received a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial and labor relations from the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations and a Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law in 2000.
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Vijaya Gadde was senior director in the legal department of Silicon Valley technology firm Juniper Networks.
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In 2018, Vijaya Gadde joined Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for meetings in India where they talked with several Dalit activists about their experiences on Twitter; after the meeting, the activists gave Dorsey a sign reading "Smash Brahminical Patriarchy," which he was later photographed holding.
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Vijaya Gadde was one of the key officials at Twitter involved in decisions to suspend the account of former American President Donald Trump.
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Vijaya Gadde earned nearly $17 million in 2021 as Twitter's chief legal officer, and earned roughly $7.3 million in 2020.
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Vijaya Gadde has been defended by others, including by former colleagues and law professor Danielle Citron, who said that Vijaya Gadde understood the impact of online harassment.
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Vijaya Gadde was fired for cause after completion of the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk on October 27,2022, alongside at least three other Twitter executives, including the CEO.
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In 2023, Vijaya Gadde received a subpoena to testify alongside James Andrew Baker and Yoel Roth, the former deputy general counsel and former head of safety and integrity, at a session of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.