Vijaya Gadde: The lawyer at the forefront of Trump’s Twitter ban

When Twitter permanently suspended the account of Donald Trump, the microblogging giant’s top lawyer, Indian-American Vijaya Gadde, was at the forefront of the unprecedented decision following the attempted insurrection of the US Capitol by supporters of the outgoing President.

Hyderabad-born Gadde, 45, is Twitter’s legal, public policy and trust and safety lead.

On Friday, Gadde tweeted that the account of Trump has been “permanently suspended from Twitter due to the risk of further violence”. At the time of suspension, Trump had 88.7 million followers and followed 51 people.

According to Gadde’s Twitter profile, prior to joining the California-based social media company in 2011, she was senior director of legal at US multinational corporation Juniper Networks. Previously, she worked for nearly a decade at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a law firm based in California.