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Updated November 19th, 2018 at 20:53 IST

Twitter issues statement after CEO Jack Dorsey triggers outrage in India with 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' placard

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s photograph holding 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' placard triggered an uproar online over alleged affront to the community. In response, Twitter India has released a statement. 

Reported by: Aishwaria Sonavane
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s photograph holding 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' placard triggered an uproar online over alleged affront to the community. In response, Twitter India has released a statement. 

Twitter, through a tweet, notified that the organization hosted a closed-door discussion with a group of women journalists and change makers from India to comprehend their experiences of using Twitter. Out of the panel, one of the Dalit activists, sharing her personal experience, gifted a poster to Dorsey.

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They further tweeted that the statement is not a representation of the organisation or the CEO, but a perceptible replication of the company’s effort to see, hear and perceive the different sides of public conversations that happen on their service across the globe.
 

Jack Dorsey earlier on Monday found himself embroiled in controversy, by allegedly offending a social class of India that holds up to 5% of the population in the country, as per the the most recent official estimate. 

Dorsey, who is on a visit to India and has met PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Shah Rukh Khan, and others, participated in a roundtable with women journalists, writers, and activists to converse about the Twitter experience in India. A picture from the meet was shared on social media, which found the CEO holding the 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' placard. 

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The statement issued by Twitter has also triggered responses -

 

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Published November 19th, 2018 at 20:23 IST

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