Elon Musk's Twitter takeover: Twitterati in India divided, many hail development

With billionaire Elon Musk closing the deal to buy Twitter and firing the social media firms four top executives Twitterati in India on Friday seemed divided with many who were vocal against content moderation on the platform hailing the development while others sounding a note of cautionMusk has completed his USD 44 billion one billion100 crore takeover of Twitter and fired the social media companys four top executives including CEO Parag Agrawal and legal executive Vijaya Gadde according to the New York TimesMusk singled out Gadde 48 criticising her for her role in content moderation decisions at the company the report saidThe bird is freed Musk 51 tweeted after closing the dealthe bird is freedmdash Elon Musk elonmusk October 28 2022Reacting to the development filmmaker Ashoke Pandit tweeted While wickets are falling in Twitter after Elon Musk takes over Urban Naxals in India must be worriedFreed form antinationals enemies within the country Urban Naxals paid agents Islamic fundamentalistrsquos Thank you for SwatchTwitterAbhiyaan httpstcoLyJUxZFV2tmdash Ashoke Pandit ashokepandit October 28 2022Also Read Elon Musk completes take over of Twitter fires CEO Parag Agrawal top legal executive Vijaya Gadde ReportAnother filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri posted a picture of Gadde with Twitters exCEO Jack Dorsey holding a placard saying smash brahminical patriarchy also in the frame and said They wanted to smash Brahminical Patriarchy but got smashed themselvesThey wanted to smash Brahminical Patriarchy but got smashed themselves An example of Brahminical Justice Thanks elonmusk pictwittercom6bMfVQkKzJmdash Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri vivekagnihotri October 28 2022An example of Brahminical Justice Thanks Elon Musk he addedShefali Vaidya who describes herself as a social media influencer reacted to the development of Musk firing the top executives of Twitter saying Excellent I was shadow banned and my follower count dropped steadily from the day I welcomed Elon Musks takeover of TwitterHopefully now Twitter India Twitter Support will actually make it an unbiased platform she saidThere were also others who sounded a note of caution over the developmentSanjay Jha former Congress leader and author said Musk firing top Twitter team immediately on acquiring it upends basic leadership principlesThis man is like Donald Trump on a lower dose of steroids Jha saidSwati Chaturvedi a columnist and journalist reacted to the development saying Belt up folks this is going to be a crazy rideThere has also been talk of imminent danger that social media will splinter into farright wing and far leftwing echo chambers that generate more hate and divide societyK T Lakshmi Kanthan the head of Tamil Nadu Congress social media department said There are many rightwing supporters in Twitter India and letting fake handles to do their hate propaganda which spreads venom in the society Elon Musk should look into this if he really cares for the freedom of the birdThe New York Times said that Musk the worlds richest man closed the deal to buy Twitter on ThursdayAccording to the NYT report the Twitter executives who were fired include Agrawal Gadde Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and General Counsel Sean EdgettAt least one of the executives who was fired was escorted out of Twitters office the report saidAgrawal who was appointed Twitters chief executive last year had clashed with Musk publicly and privately in recent months about the takeover the NYT report saidAs the Twitter account of former US President Donald Trump was permanently suspended in January last year Hyderabadborn Gadde was at the forefront of this dramatic decision undertaken within days of the attempted insurrection by proTrump supporters at the US CapitolMusk had promised to transform Twitter by loosening the services content moderation rules making its algorithm more transparent and nurturing subscription businesses as well as laying off employeesIn April Twitter accepted Musks proposal to buy the social media service and take it privateHowever Musk soon began sowing doubt about his intentions to follow through with the agreement alleging that the company failed to adequately disclose the number of spam and fake accounts on the serviceWhen Musk said he was terminating the deal Twitter sued the billionaire alleging he refused to honour his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders because the deal he signed no longer serves his personal interestsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever