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Elon Musk, under fire for recent policy changes at Twitter, is asking users to vote on whether he should step down as head of the social media site. | News24_Business

The billionaire owner of Twitter and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. will abide by the results of the poll, he pledged in a tweet Sunday. With 9 hours left and 7.4 million votes cast, 57% of polled users have said yes. Three of the top trending topics in the US were about the platform itself, including"VOTE YES" and"CEO of Twitter."December 18, 2022

Following his takeover of Twitter, Musk has weathered criticism for his sweeping changes at the social network — such as firing more than half its staff and bringing back previously barred accounts — as well as calls to refocus on Tesla, whose share price has been plummeting. Since reluctantly completing the Twitter acquisition at the end of October, he has spent much of his time on the social service.

He was posting late into the night Thursday after tangling with journalists, Twitter’s most engaged and active contributors. The company banned a number of them from major publications like the Washington Post and CNN, alleging they were doxxing his location. The move incurred condemnation from the likes of the American Civil Liberties Union and even the United Nations, who called it a"dangerous precedent.

On Sunday, Musk apologised and said he’ll conduct votes on major policy changes. Three minutes later he published the poll asking if he should step down. The Twitter Safety account later offered a poll on whether it should have the policy on removing accounts promoting other social media platforms.In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust. For 14 free days, you can have access to a world of in-depth analyses, investigative journalism, top opinions and a range of features.

 

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_Business That's very sad , because he has done so much for the world , yet the wold is against him.

_Business He's a poes

_Business elonmusk revealing how corrupt Twitter was in censoring free speech yet you continue to report only negatively. contine to be disgraceful. Intelligent South Africans see your bias

_Business This Guy have lost the plot about who is responsible for his success..... He can have the money, he can have twitter.... No workers and no users he has nothing......

_Business I mean its pretty obvious he's in over his head and whants out.

_Business This space Karen is just an attention whore. He is going to run this app into the ground

_Business Under fire from who? Tired of your click bait bullshit!

_Business Eeh what?

_Business Should I ever be so lucky to head up a social site such as Twitter, I would simply never step down. Especially if my money and effort went into getting it in the first place. To top that, if it washes corruption to the service. It's about time.

_Business Nah stop lying...that has nothing to do with the recent policies. Each time he implement something, he conducts a pole. This time he's looking for a CEO. He was never going to run Twitter on a full-time basis considering his other commitments with SpaceX, Tesla & The Boring Co.

_Business Imagine he deletes all the bot accounts 10 mins before the poll ends

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