Elon Musk Polls His Followers if He Should Step Down as Twitter CEO

Elon Musk held a Twitter poll asking his followers if he should resign from his post as CEO of the social media company.

The Twitter poll was launched after another policy change. Twitter announced that users will no longer be allowed to link to Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms the company described as "prohibited."

Mastodon, Tribel, Nostr, Post, and Truth Social, which Donald Trump owns, were also included in the list. The new development gained criticism, even from the social media platform's past defenders.

Musk then promised that he would only make major policy changes with an online survey of users. He then asked if he should resign as Twitter CEO in a new poll, saying that he would follow the results of the said poll.

A Twitter user replied to Musk's poll, saying that he suspects the Twitter CEO already has his replacement, and the poll was only "to make it seem like we are deciding."

Recently, Twitter and Musk have been making headlines after the social media company locked out several journalists from their accounts.

Twitter Policy Changes

The company said in a post that Twitter will no longer allow free promotion of some social media platforms on Twitter. Users violating the new policy could be imposed with temporary suspensions or a requirement to delete the offending tweet.

Repeat offenders could face permanent suspension, according to the social media company. Elon Musk said on the platform that Twitter "should be easy to use." However, there will be "no more relentless free advertising of competitors."

Musk also suspended the accounts of numerous well-known U.S. journalists from Twitter, claiming they recently violated a policy on sharing location information.

Jack Dorsey, the former executive chief of Twitter, tweeted that the policy restricting links from other social media platforms "doesn't make sense."

Dorsey also invested in one of the banned platforms, which is Nostr. Experts also warned that the policy could draw criticism from U.S. and European regulators.

Twitter Layoffs

Since Elon Musk took his CEO post in the social media company, thousands of employees have been laid off, including some Twitter top officials.

A group of former Twitter employees filed a lawsuit against Musk. The then-employees have accused Twitter of revoking promises to allow remote work and provide consistent severance benefits after the acquisition.

Another lawsuit filed by Carolina Bernal Strifling and Willow Wren Turkal noted that women were more affected by Musk's immediately laying off more than half of Twitter's workforce.

Musk's policies have allegedly forced female employees who were not laid off to quit, with his expectation that "employees would work an unreasonable number of hours." In addition, the lawsuit said employees are also required to work out of physical offices.

Elon Musk is also facing a lawsuit after his demands that employees return to the office with long work hours against disabled workers. According to the lawsuit, some 2,621 employees were told they would be laid off.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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