via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Social media platform X's head of policy for India and South Asia, Samiran Gupta, has resigned, two sources said, a top departure that comes ahead of India elections and as the company fights a court battle with New Delhi over content removal.
Gupta was the most senior India employee for X, formerly known as Twitter, and responsible for "key content-related policy issues" and "defending Twitter's position with new policy developments and support in-country sales organization," according to his LinkedIn profile.
Gupta, who was designated as X's Head of Global Government Affairs for India and South Asia, declined to comment to Reuters.
There are roughly 15 X employees in functions like compliance and engineering in India, said one of the sources, but Gupta was the only executive engaging with the government and political parties.
India in September told a court X is a "habitual non-compliant platform" and for years has not followed many orders to remove content, undermining the government's role.
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