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On Monday, actress Kangana Ranaut sent her goodbyes to outgoing Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Kangana has had a rocky connection with the social networking platform, which she was permanently barred from after regularly breaking its rules.
“Bye chacha Jack,” Kangana wrote on Instagram Stories after sharing a screenshot of a tweet announcing Dorsey’s resignation. IIT alum Parag Agrawal will take over as CEO in lieu of Dorsey, who is also a co-founder of the internet powerhouse.
Agrawal has been with Twitter since 2011 and has served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) since October 2017. “I’ve decided to leave Twitter because I believe the company is ready to move on from its founders. My trust in Parag as Twitter’s CEO is deep. His work over the past 10 years has been transformational. I’m deeply grateful for his skill, heart, and soul. It’s his time to lead,” Dorsey said in a statement announcing his departure yesterday
Kangana Ranaut was kicked off Twitter earlier this year for making provocative remarks in the aftermath of the West Bengal riots. “We’ve been clear that we will take strong enforcement action on behaviour that has the potential to lead to offline harm,” a Twitter spokesperson said. Kangana’s account has been suspended for repeated violations, according to a Twitter spokesperson. For numerous violations of Twitter Rules, specifically our Hateful Conduct policy and Abusive Behaviour policy, the mentioned account has been permanently suspended.”
Kangana had responded with a video on Instagram titled, “Distressed, beyond words, death of democracy. important message for our government.” The actor alleged racial bias in a statement to ANI after her ban. “Twitter has only proved my point they’re Americans and by birth, a white person feels entitled to enslave a brown person, they want to tell you what to think, speak or do. I have many platforms I can use to raise my voice, including my own art in the form of cinema,” Kangana said. She added that “my heart goes out to the people of this nation who have been tortured, enslaved, and censored for thousands of years, and still, there is no end to the suffering.”