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[[File:Gadde.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Vijaya Gadde]]

[[File:Gadde.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Vijaya Gadde]]

'''Vijaya Gadde''' (b. 1974 India) is the former '''chief''' [[censor]]<ref name=nypost-3dec2022/><ref>Jonathan Turley, [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/musk-strikes-back-against-twitter-deep-state-fires-james-baker Musk strikes back against Twitter 'deep state,' fires James Baker], ''Fox News'', Dec 7, 2022.<blockquote>...Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s former chief legal officer who was the key figure behind the company's notorious censorship system.</blockquote></ref> of [[free speech]] - specifically targeting conservatives,<ref>Elon Musk on Twitter: "@DavidSacks As @bariweiss clearly describes, the rules were enforced against the right, but not against the left" / Twitter.

'''Vijaya Gadde''' (b. 1974, India) is the former '''chief''' [[censor]]<ref name=nypost-3dec2022/><ref>Jonathan Turley, [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/musk-strikes-back-against-twitter-deep-state-fires-james-baker Musk strikes back against Twitter 'deep state,' fires James Baker], ''Fox News'', Dec 7, 2022.<blockquote>...Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s former chief legal officer who was the key figure behind the company's notorious censorship system.</blockquote></ref> of [[free speech]]—specifically targeting conservatives,<ref>Elon Musk on Twitter: "@DavidSacks As @bariweiss clearly describes, the rules were enforced against the right, but not against the left" / Twitter.

([https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601059434330890241 Dec 8, 2022])</ref><ref>[https://www.firstpost.com/world/vijaya-gadde-and-company-were-running-asylum-controversial-decisions-made-without-jack-dorseys-approval-elon-musk-after-twitter-files-2-11779461.html]</ref> at [[Twitter]] under [[Jack Dorsey]] and later Parag Agrawal. Her role included handling what Twitter called "harassment, misinformation, and harmful speech". Gadde has been accused of meddling in the [[2020 United States Presidential Election]] and affecting the outcome. She is considered by many as an [[extremist]] threat to [[democracy]].

([https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601059434330890241 Dec 8, 2022])</ref><ref>[https://www.firstpost.com/world/vijaya-gadde-and-company-were-running-asylum-controversial-decisions-made-without-jack-dorseys-approval-elon-musk-after-twitter-files-2-11779461.html]</ref> at [[Twitter]] under [[Jack Dorsey]] and later Parag Agrawal. Her role included handling what Twitter called "harassment, misinformation, and harmful speech". Gadde has been accused of meddling in the [[2020 United States Presidential Election]] and affecting the outcome. She is considered by many to be an [[extremist]] threat to [[democracy]].

[[File:Miles Cheong 12-9-22.jpg|thumb|Raw elections interference]]

[[File:Miles Cheong 12-9-22.jpg|thumb|Raw elections interference]]

Political candidates were subject to [[shadowbanning]] while they were running for office or seeking re-election.<ref>Ian Miles Cheong on Twitter: "So here’s a question for @elonmusk and @bariweiss: were any political candidates — either in the US or elsewhere — subject to shadowbanning while they were running for office or seeking re-election?" / Twitter

Political candidates were subject to [[shadowbanning]] while they were running for office or seeking re-election.<ref>Ian Miles Cheong on Twitter: "So here’s a question for @elonmusk and @bariweiss: were any political candidates — either in the US or elsewhere — subject to shadowbanning while they were running for office or seeking re-election?" / Twitter

[[Elon Musk]] has criticized her in the past, accusing her of blocking the [[NY Post]]’s Hunter Biden coverage even before the [[Twitter#The_Twitter_Files|Twitter Files]] revelations.  

[[Elon Musk]] has criticized her in the past, accusing her of blocking the [[NY Post]]’s Hunter Biden coverage even before the [[Twitter#The_Twitter_Files|Twitter Files]] revelations.  

She broke down in tears in April 2022 when addressing colleagues about the future of Twitter once Musk moved to takeover the company.

She broke down in tears in April 2022 when addressing colleagues about the future of Twitter once Musk moved to take over the company.

Gadde was singled out in the explosive censorship of the Hunter Biden scandal [[Laptop from hell]].<ref>Joseph A. Wulfsohn, [https://www.foxnews.com/media/elon-musk-reveals-twitter-suppressing-hunter-biden-story-2020 Elon Musk reveals what led to Twitter suppressing Hunter Biden story in 2020], ''Fox News'', Dec 2, 2022.</ref><ref name=nypost-3dec2022>Victor Nava, [https://nypost.com/2022/12/03/twitter-files-who-is-vijaya-gadde-the-twitter-exec-involved-in-censoring-posts-hunter-biden-laptop-story/ Who is Vijaya Gadde, the Twitter exec involved in censoring Post’s Hunter Biden laptop bombshell?], ''NYPost'',  December 3, 2022.<blockquote>

Gadde was singled out in the explosive censorship of the Hunter Biden scandal [[Laptop from hell]].<ref>Joseph A. Wulfsohn, [https://www.foxnews.com/media/elon-musk-reveals-twitter-suppressing-hunter-biden-story-2020 Elon Musk reveals what led to Twitter suppressing Hunter Biden story in 2020], ''Fox News'', Dec 2, 2022.</ref><ref name=nypost-3dec2022>Victor Nava, [https://nypost.com/2022/12/03/twitter-files-who-is-vijaya-gadde-the-twitter-exec-involved-in-censoring-posts-hunter-biden-laptop-story/ Who is Vijaya Gadde, the Twitter exec involved in censoring Post’s Hunter Biden laptop bombshell?], ''NYPost'',  December 3, 2022.<blockquote>

Gadde has long been derided by conservatives as the company’s “chief censor.”</blockquote></ref>

Gadde has long been derided by conservatives as the company’s “chief censor.”</blockquote></ref>

In 2021, she earned at Twitter $17 million in salary.

In 2021, she earned $17 million in salary at Twitter.

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