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Vinay Prakash appointed resident grievance officer at Twitter India

The US-based microblogging platform, Twitter Inc., has named Vinay Prakash as its resident grievance officer for India, according to the PTI report. As per the information updated on Twitter’s website, Vinay Prakash is the resident grievance officer (RGO). Users can contact him using an email ID listed on the page. “Twitter can be contacted in India at the following address:…

Twitter hires Uber’s Apurva Dalal as Director of Engineering

Social networking platform, Twitter Inc. has hired Uber Technologies Inc.’s Apurva Dalal as Director of Engineering, according to ET report. “Apurva will become the seniormost member of Twitter’s engineering team in India based in Bengaluru and will be responsible for strengthening the company’s engineering capacity and offerings for local and global audiences,” Twitter said in…

Twitter India’s public policy head Mahima Kaul steps down

Twitter’s Public Policy Director for India and South Asia, Mahima Kaul, has resigned to pursue other interests, Twitter confirmed in a statement.  Kaul joined the company in 2015 from Observer Research Foundation, a think-tank, where she was a fellow leading the cyber and new media initiatives. Commenting on the development, Monique Meche, VP, Public Policy,…

Twitter employees to continue working from homes, “forever”

Social media major Twitter recently announced its plans to allow many of its employees to work-from-home permanently, even after the coronavirus pandemic passes. According to an internal email sent by CEO Jack Dorsey to employees, the company is unlikely to open its offices before September. It also said that some jobs that require physical presence,…

Infosys terminates employee over controversial social media post on coronavirus

Indian tech giant Infosys recently announced that it has sacked one of its employees who wrote an “inappropriate post” on Twitter about the coronavirus pandemic. Announcing the termination of the employee’s services through Twitter, Infosys said, “Infosys has completed its investigation on the social media post by one of its employees, and we believe that…

Twitter asks staff to work from home amid Coronavirus outbreak

As the novel coronavirus is spreading rapidly and cost more than 3,000 lives, corporations and organizations around the world are feeling the heat of it. Companies are now facing battles on two ends- sustaining the business and safeguarding employees. The outbreak has now led to the world’s largest work-from-home experiment to take place. Companies like…