Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Arrested for Child Porn
Parag Agrawal, the former CEO of Twitter, has been arrested for possession of child pornography after a tip off from Elon Musk.
The executive was arrested at his home in California by the FBI. His lawyer has stated to the Vancouver Times that he plans on pleading not guilty. He is expected to be released on bail.
The executive not only collected child abuse material off of Twitter and other social media platforms, he turned a blind eye to users that shared the same material on the social media platform.
Twitter was a haven for child porn until Elon Musk took over.
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Musk stated to the Vancouver Times that even more arrests are expected in the future. The billionaire has repeatedly stated that tackling child porn is Twitter’s #1 priority.
Why did they have a child sexual exploitation material problem in the first place? https://t.co/UCMybFs0sC
— Eliza (@elizableu) December 19, 2022
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Thursday expressed grave concerns over reports about the presence of tweets soliciting child pornography on Twitter, as India takes on the micro-blogging platform over similar concerns.
Reacting to a report on how major advertising brands have pulled out from Twitter as their promotion posts appeared alongside child porn tweets, Musk said: “Extremely concerning.”
Engaged in a fierce legal battle with Parag Agrawal-led micro-blogging platform over his termination of the $44 billion takeover deal, Musk’s criticism comes at a time when Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal said on Tuesday that the replies received from Twitter in the Child Pornography complaint were incomplete and the commission was not satisfied with it.
Taking suo moto cognizance of several tweets on Twitter openly depicting videos and photographs of sexual acts involving children, the Commission said that most of the tweets portrayed children completely naked and many of them also depicted brutal rape and other non-consensual sexual activities with children and women.
The DCW has once again given Twitter time till September 30 to file a proper reply.
The Commission has also issued summons to Delhi Police seeking an FIR in the matter and has recommended that the children and women visible in the child pornographic and rape videos be identified and assisted.
The Commission wants to know why the tweets were neither deleted nor reported by Twitter.
Further, it has sought the number of tweets depicting child pornography and rape identified, deleted, and reported by Twitter in the past four years.
‘Parag Agrawal Arrested for Child Porn’ Fake News About Former Twitter CEO Is a Work of Satire Website ‘Vancouver Times’!
Social Media was flooded with posts after a satirical news that Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal arrested for possessing child pornographic contents after tipoff from Elon Musk was making rounds.
Social Media was flooded with posts criticising Parag Agrawal, after a satirical news that Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has been arrested for possessing child pornographic contents after tipoff from Elon Musk went viral. The news further stated that the executive was arrested at his home in California by the FBI. However, the news was satirical but few social media users believed it to be true and started bashing Parag Agrawal by calling him a pedophile. A Twitter user clarified about the news and tweeted that “For everyone retweeting that Parag Agrawal was arrested for Child porn, The Vancouver Times is a satire site. Please stop.” It was a work of satire website Vancouver Times.
WOW: Former Twitter CEO Parag has been arrested for child porn https://t.co/wjuksR8iAi
— Proud Elephant 🇺🇸🦅 (@ProudElephantUS) December 25, 2022
A Twitter User Clears the Air
For everyone retweeting that Parag Agrawal was arrested for Child porn, The Vancouver Times is a satire site. Please stop. pic.twitter.com/Utg6wGhr7P
— Ladybug🐞 Happiness is a Choice (@21polkmn) December 25, 2022
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Resources:
https://vancouvertimes.org/former-twitter-ceo-parag-agrawal-arrested-for-child-porn/
https://www.business-standard.com/article/technology/extremely-concerning-elon-musk-on-child-porn-proliferation-on-twitter-122092900389_1.html
https://www.latestly.com/socially/social-viral/parag-agrawal-arrested-for-child-porn-fake-news-about-former-twitter-ceo-is-a-work-of-satire-website-vancouver-times-4632216.html