Twitter committed to its values, works with Indian govt: Kathleen Reen

Senior executive of the social media giant speaks to Business Standard about the measures company has taken for Indian elections.

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Twitter | Fake news | West Bengal Assembly polls

Neha Alawadhi  |  New Delhi 

Twitter on Wednesday said it had introduced measures to prevent misinformation during elections in five states and the union territory of Puducherry.

Kathleen Reen, Senior Director Public Policy and Philanthropy, APAC, Twitter, spoke to Neha Alawadhi via email about issues the platform has been seeing in India. Edited excerpts of the interview follow: What are the top concerns you have heard from the Elections Commission and State Election Commissions around Twitter’s role ahead of and during elections? Every year is an election year on Twitter and, as was the case in the ...

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First Published: Wed, March 24 2021. 19:44 IST
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