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'''Vijaya Gadde'''<ref name=pol/> (born 1974) is the chief legal officer and general counsel of [[Twitter]].<br />
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In 2014, she was described by ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' as the most powerful woman on Twitter's executive team, though she was later joined by [[Chief marketing officer|Chief Marketing Officer]] [[Leslie Berland]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/40-under-40/2014/vijaya-gadde-28/|title=Vijaya Gadde|date=2014-10-09|website=Fortune|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.recode.net/2017/8/24/16199808/twitter-leslie-berland-human-resources-cmo-promotion|title=Twitter CMO Leslie Berland is also taking over human resources as the new 'Head of People'|last=Wagner|first=Kurt|date=2017-08-24|website=Recode|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref> She convinced [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] [[Jack Dorsey]] not to sell Twitter advertisements during the [[2020 presidential election]].<ref name="pol" /> She has spoken in defense of the decision by stating, “It wasn’t about anything other than, ‘This is the right thing to do for us as a company.’”<ref name="pol" /><br />
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In October 2020 ''[[Politico]]'' profiled her as "the most powerful technology executive you've never heard of."<ref name=pol>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/28/twitter-vijaya-gadde-free-speech-policies-technology-social-media-429221</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Gadde was born in India to a [[Telugu people|Telugu]] family and moved to the United States at age 3.<ref name="toi3">[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/indian-americans-at-the-heart-of-trump-v-twitterbig-tech-battle/articleshow/80192280.cms Times Of India profile of Vijaya Gedde published on Jan 09, 2021]</ref><ref name=":0" /> Her 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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2014/10/23/vijaya-gadde/|title=Twitter's top female exec on discrimination and overcoming adversity|website=Fortune|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref> Her family moved to [[Beaumont, Texas]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsindiatimes.com/twitters-vijaya-gadde-fights-for-free-speech-revenue/5717|title=Twitter's Vijaya Gadde Fights for Free Speech, Revenue|last=Frier|first=By Sarah|date=2014-05-13|website=News India Times|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref> She has described her childhood as having been affected by the [[Ku Klux Klan]] presence in Beaumont, so much that her Indian father was required to get permission from the local Klan before he could go door-to-door for soliciting insurance.<ref name="toi3" /><br />
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Gadde received a BS in industrial and labor relations from the [[Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations]] and her JD from [[New York University School of Law]] in 2000.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/birnbaum-womens-leadership-network/podcasts/gadde|title=Vijaya Gadde: "From Texas to Twitter" {{!}} NYU School of Law|website=www.law.nyu.edu|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=pol/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Before joining Twitter in 2011, Gadde spent nearly a decade working at the Silicon Valley law firm [[Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati]], then spent time as Senior Director in the legal department of Silicon Valley technology firm [[Juniper Networks]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /> While at WSGR, Gadde worked on the 2006 $4.1 billion McClatchy Co.-Knight Ridder Inc. acquisition and acted as counsel to the New York Stock Exchange’s Proxy Working Group and Committee on Corporate Governance.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><br />
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She has also announced Twitter's hiring of researchers to study the health of discourse on the platform.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/30/technology/twitter-health-update/index.html|title=Twitter hires researchers to study the 'health' of its 'discourse'|last=O'Brien|first=Sara Ashley|date=2018-07-30|website=CNNMoney|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref><br />
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In 2018, 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.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/twitter-ceo-trolled-smash-brahminical-patriarchy-placard-181120110347925.html|title=Twitter CEO trolled for 'smash Brahminical patriarchy' placard|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref> The photograph attracted controversy, with some critics calling the sentiment discriminatory against [[Brahmin]]s while others deemed it an appropriate response to [[caste]]- and gender-based oppression in India.<ref name=":4" /> Gadde responded to the social media furor with an apology in a series of tweets, "I'm very sorry for this. It's not reflective of our views. We took a private photo with a gift just given to us - we should have been more thoughtful. Twitter strives to be an impartial platform for all. We failed to do that here & we must do better to serve our customers in India."<ref name=":4" /><br />
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On March 5, 2019, Gadde appeared on episode #1258 of ''[[The Joe Rogan Experience]]'', alongside Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and journalist [[Tim Pool]], to discuss allegations that Twitter was engaging in censorship of free speech and had a social and political bias.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCBRHOg3PQ|title=Joe Rogan Experience #1258 - Jack Dorsey, Vijaya Gadde & Tim Pool|date=March 5, 2019|accessdate=March 6, 2019}}</ref><br />
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