In this special episode of the Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to the former India head of Twitter, Manish Maheshwari about the steps Elon Musk has recently taken, what they entail for the platform, whether Musk has a bigger agenda behind his actions, and is there a method to his madness.

A special episode with Manish Maheshwari (00:00)
Is Twitter going to die? (00:37)
Agenda behind Musk's actions (02:08)
Is the larger agenda political? (03:33)
Is there a method to his madness? (05:08)
Musk's action going against Twitter's grain (08:00)
Twitter needs verified users more than verified users need Twitter (13:09)
Is Twitter becoming the notice board of the world? (14:48)
Do Twitter layoffs impact user safety? (16:37)
What will be the impact on India? (18:13)
Is there a silver lining somewhere? (20:31)

Produced by Anant Nath Sharma
Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

This conversation was recorded on Saturday, 19 November 2022.