Twitter has just filed its proxy statement, with an annual meeting which is also an audio webcast, is also on 27 May, and is also at 10 am Pacific Time. But, for some reason, the human rights resolution did not appear as a voting matter, despite there being no challenges to it at the SEC. Indeed, according to Michael Connor, executive director of Open MIC, none of the companies challenged any of the resolutions, even the second one covering human rights at Facebook. It is not clear, at this time, why Twitter was able to exclude the resolution. “The two resolutions were submitted to Facebook at about the same time,” said Connor in an email to RI. “In fact, the Nathan Cummings resolution may have been filed first. Facebook did not challenge either resolution at the SEC.
Shareholder human rights concerns at Facebook, Google and Twitter