Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari moves to new US-based role

Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari has been moved to a new role based in the US, a senior official from the company said on Friday, even as the platform’s friction with the Indian government, and the opposition more recently, continued.

Yu Sasamoto, the vice president of Twitter’s Japan, South Korea and Asia Pacific, announced Maheshwari’s role change in a tweet on Friday. “Thank you to @manishm for your leadership of our Indian business over the past 2+ years. Congrats on your new US-based role in charge of revenue strategy and operations for new markets worldwide. Excited to see you lead this important growth opportunity for Twitter,” Sasamot said.