X social media’s India, South Asia policy head resigns

NEW DELHI: Social media platform X’s head of policy for India and South Asia, Samiran Gupta on Saturday resigned, sources told Reuters.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Gupta held the highest-ranking position for X, formerly known as Twitter, in India.
He was tasked with overseeing crucial content-related policy matters and advocating for Twitter’s stance in light of emerging policy changes, as well as providing support to the local sales team.
Gupta’s tenure at X ended in September, according to Gupta’s LinkedIn profile, which said he “enabled transition leadership for Twitter post acquisition by Elon Musk led X-Corp.”
He became a part of the company in February 2022, a mere eight months before Musk finalized his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc.
According to one source, there are roughly 15 X employees in roles related to compliance and engineering in India. However, Gupta was the sole executive responsible for liaising with the government and political parties.