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Twitter CEOs rarely take on the prime minister of Canada – or right wing political provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos.
In this segment from Tom’s Show, Navneet Alang joins the discussion to talk about Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey facing a back to school meltdown. He joins us from a stop in the New York City.
Navneet Alang is the Chief Executive Officer of MakeMKia, a mobile payments solution provider, and co-founder of Bollywood Hits, a production house. He has previously worked with Lehar, Overture and Verizon, to name a few. Navneet has also been a presenter at VASCO Data Security Technologies’ events including the VASCO Conclave in 2008 and the VASCO Partner Summit in 2013. More recently, he has been a guest on Big Interview with John Squires, Tech Wars with Anne Wojcicki, Lemonadebox with Merck R&D America’s in Kansas City and Viacom Spotlight on Women in Media. In the podcast also joins Tom Rogan and Kate Priddy to talk about the new Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey.
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Vocal Outcry Over Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: “He has to start Twitter as his father’s legacy, he has to make it un-alienable and non-negotiable” https://t.co/khlT6OPjzd — Tom’s Show (@Tom’sShow) September 6, 2018
It’s clear Dorsey was hired for his reputation — he’s been held in high regard throughout his 20-year career. For every business leader that comes along, there’s going to be a few that screw up and some that just don’t fit in.
Social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook have become the most prominent places to actively engage with your peers and be part of the conversation on national issues — whether you agree with it or not. However, now that power has been placed in the hands of CEOs and executives from all over the world that Twitter hired and other social media platforms are now demanding that they rein in some of the criticism. In some cases, we’ve even seen CEOs make their personal lives and work life Twitter shows some important hot button issues and conservative causes on Twitter and Facebook.
However, more and more now, social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook have become the most prominent places to actively engage with your peers and be part of the conversation on national issues — whether you agree with it or not. However, now that power has been placed in the hands of CEOs and executives from all over the world that Twitter hired and other social media platforms are now demanding that they rein in some of the criticism. In some cases, we’ve even seen CEOs make their personal lives and work life Twitter shows some important hot button issues and conservative causes on Twitter and Facebook.
As you could imagine, in an environment where you’re choosing the topics to tweet about, it’s not uncommon for public figures to get involved in debates based on narrow-minded ideologies. However, lately we’ve also seen a lot of bigoted tweets coming from public figures that do not identify as a public figure, on Twitter and other social media platforms.
One of the latest examples comes from Toronto Mayor John Tory who took to Twitter after this weekend’s Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Columbus Blue Jackets NHL game to express his displeasure after the Toronto Maple Leafs lost. During the game, there was a period of time during which an announcer confused these two teams. In his tweet, Tory completely misspelled the name of one of the teams while calling them to acknowledge the members of the opposing team.
Somehow, Toronto’s Mayor thought it was OK to call the Columbus Blue Jackets to congratulate them on winning the Stanley Cup — but he wasn’t so cool when Toronto lost. #leafsbluejackets pic.twitter.com/Ue9hVspsXx — Danielle Paige (@DeejaySarah) September 8, 2018
In a similar situation, Milo Yiannopoulos, a conservative political provocateur, was forced to remove a string of tweets in which he called an equal rights activist a “hoe.”
Despite all of these examples, some still see it as acceptable to be on Twitter and other social media platforms, as long as you’re not being rude, hateful or provocative. Unfortunately, this also includes CEOs, public figures and other personalities who have posted bad or offensive comments.
With so many prominent CEOs taking issue