Elon Musk to step down as Twitter boss – if he sticks to poll, he’s on the way | Scientific and technical news

Elon Musk will step down as Twitter boss – if he keeps his promise to honor the results of a poll asking users for their verdict on his tenure.

The owner of Tesla and SpaceX launch your survey just after 11pm UK time, writing, “Should I leave the head of Twitter?

“I will stick to the results of this poll.”

And as the deadline passed at 11:20 a.m., 57.5% voted for his departure.

Musk bought the platform for $44 billion in late October, but its short tenure has been rocky.

And in an apparent attempt to draw a line under his controversial reign, he probed Twitter users on Sunday to ask him if he should step down.

About 20 minutes later, as the ‘yes’ votes rolled on, he added: “As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for, because you might get it.”

He responded to a number of user comments, saying, “The question isn’t finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive.”

He added, “Nobody wants work that can actually keep Twitter alive. There’s no successor.”

It’s unclear if or when he would hand over day-to-day management of the social media giant.

In an unusual twist, rapper Snoop Dogg put his name in the hat – launching his own message on Twitter asking if he should take over.

As of 12.20pm UK time, more than 80% of those who voted said yes.

Earlier on Sunday, Mr Musk declared war on Twitter’s social media rivals by banning the promotion of their accounts from his platform.

This means users could have their accounts suspended, locked or deleted if they post links to their profiles on other social media sites, including Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram, as well as Donald Trump’s Mastodon and Truth Social. .

When he took office, Musk promised to improve Twitter, rid it of fake accounts and improve free speech.

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But it has lost many of its key advertisers, as concern grows over its direction – and its ability to pay the interest on the $13 billion debt Musk took on to buy it.

On Saturday, the Reuters news agency revealed that Musk’s team had asked investors for more funding, just days after selling another $3.6 billion worth of Tesla shares, meaning he sold nearly $40 billion worth of stock in his electric vehicle company this year.

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