‘Will resign as Twitter CEO as soon as I…’: Elon Musk announces his next move

Owner and CEO of Twitter Elon Musk mentioned on Wednesday he'll step down as chief government of the microblogging web site after discovering a substitute.

Image Source : @ELONMUSK/TWITTER Elon Musk tweeted about his subsequent transfer

Owner and CEO of Twitter Elon Musk mentioned on Wednesday he’ll step down as chief government of the microblogging web site after discovering a substitute.

“I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software & servers teams,” he tweeted.

The growth got here 2 days after he performed a ballot on Twitter whether or not he ought to resign from the CEO publish through which 57.5% folks mentioned ‘sure’, whereas 42.5% folks replied ‘no’.

Elon Musk ballot 

Amid the topsy-turvy scenario at Twitter, its new boss, billionaire Elon Musk, on Monday, requested its followers whether or not he ought to proceed or ought to depart his place. In a ballot floated on the microblogging web site, Musk requested his followers, “Should I step down as head of Twitter?” and added he would abide by the outcomes of the ballot. In a subsequent tweet, he warned his followers to vote fastidiously within the ballot, as he may implement the mandate. “As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it,” he warned. As of writing this text, almost 58 per cent of respondents voted in opposition to Musk.

The main growth got here almost two days after he confronted a flurry of backlash globally following his choice to droop a number of the journalists from the platform. Even the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticised the transfer and he was ‘very disturbed’ by his choice and referred to as it a “dangerous precedent”.

Chaotic takeover

It is price mentioning ever because the SpaceX CEO took over the platform following dramatic circumstances on the San Francisco-based headquarter, he has been making main modifications in Twitter insurance policies. Within hours of his taking cost, he fired the Indian-American CEO Parag Agrawal and later kick out different prime staff from the organisation. Later, he introduced the paid subscription mannequin, whereby the verified accounts should pay for the “blue checkmark” which is commonly referred to as the “blue tick”. 

This created a serious setback for each the platform and Musk, as a number of firms misplaced billions of {dollars} attributable to impersonating their accounts. This resulted in Musk briefly suspending his concept however later got here up with a brand new plan whereby he categorised the verified accounts as per the style.

Musk dismantles its Trust and Safety advisory group

Last week, he dissolved its Trust and Safety Council. The security council on the microblogging web site comprised a gaggle of 100 impartial civil, human rights organisations that had been maintaining a tally of the hate, suicide, self-harm, abusive and sexual content material posted on the platform. It was shaped in 2016 following huge studies of abusive and dangerous content material on the platform.

While chatting with the news company the Associated Press, a few of its members revealed that the choice was taken hours earlier than a scheduled assembly with Twitter representatives on Monday evening. Some of the members mentioned that they obtained a mail whereby the organisation knowledgeable them concerning the dismantling of the Council. The e mail mentioned Twitter was “reevaluating how best to bring external insights” and the council is “not the best structure to do this.”

Also Read: Twitter chaos: Elon Musk dismantles its Trust and Safety advisory group that appears after abusive content material

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