Mahima Kaul
Citing personal reasons, Mahima Kaul, Twitter’s Public Policy Director for India and South Asia has resigned. An official source informed that Kaul has resigned from her position to focus on her personal life. The source added that Kaul will continue to work in her position till March-end.
Last week, the central government had sent out a strict message to Twitter India for unilaterally unblocking over 250 accounts that had been blocked for sharing misinformation and misguiding Twitter users on the ongoing demonstrations against centre’s farm laws in the country. As per the centre, those accounts were sharing and re-sharing fake, intimidatory and provocative tweets. However, an official source stated that Kaul’s resignation is not related to the centre’s warning over unblocking Twitter handles.
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Director, Public Policy, India and South Asia at Twitter Mahima Kaul
After serving for five years at Twitter India, Mahima Kaul who is currently Director, Public Policy, India and South Asia at the micro-blogging platform has moved on, the company said on Sunday. Kaul, who will be at the helm till March-end, quit in January, according to the company, which is currently in the eye of the storm following the brouhaha over some controversial farmer tweets that resulted in the Indian government sending a strongly-worded notice to the company. At the start of this year, Mahima Kaul decided to step down from her role as Twitter Public Policy Director for India and South Asia to take a well-deserved break, Monique Meche, VP, Public Policy, Twitter, told IANS.
The Indian government has told Twitter to remove 1,178 handles which it alleges are backed by its arch-rival Pakistan and sympathisers of a Sikh separatist movement, according to reports. The government has accused these accounts of spreading misinformation and provocative content about the ongoing farmers’ protests. Tens of thousands of farmers have been camping in the outskirts of India’s capital Delhi for the past two months, demanding the.