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There's no controversy per se... I suspect what is happening here is that Twitter has some obligations in order to operate in the EU and they nominate certain p

There's no controversy per se... I suspect what is happening here is that Twitter has some obligations in order to operate in the EU and they nominate certain people for certain roles. Now, she has obligations because she's in one of those roles and she wants to make it clear any non-compliance by twitter isn't her fault. Obviously in reality Twitter couldn't give a flying shit about complying with any laws (which is why they went around capricious firing people in the first place with no forethought about what would happen), so at some point Twitter is going to have close this gap between "Large company that wants to operate in one of the worlds largest markets" and "Billionaire's playing thing".

caminante 4y ago
> Now, she has obligations because she's in one of those roles and she wants to make it clear any non-compliance by twitter isn't her fault. Good theory. I'm leaning towards her actions seeming "too antagonistic" if she wants to keep her job or from the perspective of another employer. I can explain away any reputational performance damage as being locked out of Twitter. Maybe she's burning a bridge and this is a good flex to demonstrate policy skills by pulling strings at her country's high court!
- SilverBirch 4y ago
  The average person from the previous incarnation of twitter doesn't want to work there today, this person was a senior exec at a social media company that had a complex thoughtful approach towards managing the platform, and had carefully cultivated working relationships with government partners. Overnight that has blown up, her job is basically impossible - she has to meet government officials in the EU, where the legislation is obviously much more complex are issues of hate speech, and explain the absurd ramblings of her boss, and she can't make any reassurances, because she knows they won't be true. So I think it's perfectly understandable to be doing everything she can to get on record that she's not going along with it. Think about her next move - she won't get another senior job in tech if she's under a cloud due to investigations into twitter, and the other obvious next step? Take a position in the EU regulatory team - again how does she keep that option open? In both cases she needs to publicly create a clear divide between Musk's twitter and her professional position.

caminante 4y ago

> Now, she has obligations because she's in one of those roles and she wants to make it clear any non-compliance by twitter isn't her fault. Good theory. I'm leaning towards her actions seeming "too antagonistic" if she wants to keep her job or from the perspective of another employer. I can explain away any reputational performance damage as being locked out of Twitter. Maybe she's burning a bridge and this is a good flex to demonstrate policy skills by pulling strings at her country's high court!

SilverBirch 4y ago
The average person from the previous incarnation of twitter doesn't want to work there today, this person was a senior exec at a social media company that had a complex thoughtful approach towards managing the platform, and had carefully cultivated working relationships with government partners. Overnight that has blown up, her job is basically impossible - she has to meet government officials in the EU, where the legislation is obviously much more complex are issues of hate speech, and explain the absurd ramblings of her boss, and she can't make any reassurances, because she knows they won't be true. So I think it's perfectly understandable to be doing everything she can to get on record that she's not going along with it. Think about her next move - she won't get another senior job in tech if she's under a cloud due to investigations into twitter, and the other obvious next step? Take a position in the EU regulatory team - again how does she keep that option open? In both cases she needs to publicly create a clear divide between Musk's twitter and her professional position.