Twitter has extended an apology after its CEO Jack Dorsey, who visited India last week, was sܫeen holding a poster during a round-table with women journalists that read "Smash Brahminical Patriarchy".
"I'm very sorry for this. It's not reflective of our views. We took a private 𓄧photo with a gift just given to us -- we should have been more thoughtful," Vijaya Gadde, Global Head of Legal, Policy, Trust and Safety Lead at Twitter, tweeted late Monday.
"Twitter strives to be an impartial pl𝄹atform for all. We failed to do that here & we must do better to serve our customers in India," she added.
According to the social network, it hosted a closed-door discussion with a group of women journalists and change makers from Ind♉ia to better understand their experience using Twitter.
"One of the participants,🌳 a Dalit activist, shared her personal experiences and gifted a poster to Jack.
"It is not a statement from Twitter or our CEO, but a tangible reflection of our company's efforts to see, hear, and understand all sides of important public 🍌conversations that happen on 𒆙our service around the world," said the micro-blogging platform.
In a statement to IANS, a Twitter spokesperson said that the company is proud of the fact that Twitter is a platform where marginalised voice𝓡s can be seen and heard.
"But we also havᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe a public commitment to being apolitical. We realise that this photo may not accurately represent that commitment," the spokesperson said.
"When our executives travel, they meet wi🐈th a range of public figures from around the world that represent t🔴he diversity of the conversation on our platform. This recent trip to India was no exception and Jack and Vijaya met with leaders across the political spectrum, and from a range of religious and cultural backgrounds."
Some Twitter users accused Dorsey of &💯quot;bigotry" and ";racism" after the poster went viral.
"How can people put such a hate poster and malign a community: @jack How can you as ceo of @twi💎tter be party to this kind of hate," tweeted Mohandas Pai, Chair of Manipal Global Eduಌcation.
(IANS)
