In Fight To Protect Free Speech, Twitter Adds First Amendment Pro To Team

Free speech advocates find themselves on a precarious perch when it comes to Twitter. You can’t blame the blue bird for it though, they try their damnedest to protect users, but they have their work cut out for them.

And they’ve just hired a First Amendment pro to help even the odds.

Nicole Wong just joined Twitter:

 

Who is she? Well, as of today she’s the new director of Twitter’s legal team, and according to All Things D she’s the former deputy general counsel at Google.

It’s likely Wong was chosen in part for her extensive background on issues of free speech, a topic Twitter’s legal team has continuously and increasingly dealt with in recent years.

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