Plainspeak in a post-truth world: Meet Twitter general counsel Vijaya Gadde

What sets Twitter apart from other social media and big technology firms at present is that the platform has not shied away from taking politically sensitive decisions and sticking by them

Known for several of microblogging platform Twitter's most contentious and bold decisions, including withdrawing political advertising completely and later banning ex-US President Donald Trump permanently from the platform, Vijaya Gadde may not be a household name yet, but the 47-year old General Counsel of Twitter is a force to reckon with.
 
Straightforward and spirited, the Indian-origin Gadde keeps a low profile but is known to be a person with firm ideas and clarity of thought when she’s talking about Twitter’s guiding principles and taking a stand.
 
What sets Twitter apart from other social media and big technology firms