News of Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk taking a board seat at Twitter has some Twitter employees panicking over the future of the social media firm's ability to moderate content, company insiders told Reuters.
Despite Twitter's reiteration this week that the board does not make policy decisions, four Twitter employees who spoke with Reuters said they fear Musk's ability to influence the company's policies on abusive users and harmful content. Musk has not articulated what he wants to do as a new board member but he has telegraphed his intentions with his Twitter activity: A week before Musk disclosed a 9.1per cent stake in Twitter, he polled his 80 million followers on whether the site adhered to the principle of free speech, and the majority voted no.
When asked for comment, a Twitter spokesperson repeated a statement from Tuesday that the board"plays an important advisory and feedback role across the entirety of our service," but daily operations and decisions are made by Twitter's management and employees. But other employees Reuters spoke to said that Musk's involvement could help quicken the pace of new feature and product launches, and provide a fresh perspective as an active user of Twitter.Twitter's board figures prominently in discussions within Twitter, more so than at other tech companies, one employee said.
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