Elon Musk asks Twitter users to vote on whether he should stay as boss

Elon Musk has asked Twitter users to vote on whether he should quit as head of the microblogging site following a backlash over the social media giants controversial policy changes that resulted in widespread chaos within the companyIn a poll to his 122 million followers Musk tweeted on Sunday Should I step down as head of Twitter I will abide by the results of this pollAs the saying goes be careful what you wish as you might get it Musk added in a later tweetSince buying Twitter for USD 44 billion and taking over as the CEO in late October the 51yearold technology tycoon who also runs Tesla and SpaceX has journeyed from one controversy to the nextMusk also announced on Twitter that major policy changes would be voted on moving forwardAlso Read Elon Musk reinstates suspended Twitter accounts of journalists after backlashThe poll comes as Twitter says it will shut down accounts solely designed to promote other social media platforms the BBC reportedThe measure would also affect accounts that link off to or contain usernames from platforms such as Facebook Instagram Mastodon Truth Social Tribel Nostr and Post the company said in a tweetBut crosscontent posting from other sites will still be allowedTwitter had already blocked users from sharing some links to Mastodon the platform many Twitter users moved to after Musks takeoverBut in a series of tweets on Sunday Twitter said We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms However we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on TwitterSpecifically we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms Facebook Instagram Mastodon Truth Social Tribel Nostr and PostExamples of possible violations could include tweets such as follow me username on Instagram or check out my profile on Facebook facebookcomusername it said in a blog setting out the detailsAny attempts to bypass the restrictions would also be a breach it addedMusks announcement was the latest in a series of decisions by Twitter to generate blowback after the suspension last week of more than half a dozen journalists who report on MuskMusk immediately fired several top executives including its IndianAmerican CEO Parag Agrawal and laid off about half of Twitters staff after he took over as head of the social media platform in OctoberHe then gave an ultimatum to the remaining staff that they need to do extremely hardcore work or leave resulting in another thousand or so employees quitting the companyMusk has started stopped and restarted a revised verification system that costs USD 8 for a blue check markThe billionaires approach to content moderation has also been criticised with some civil liberties groups accusing him of taking steps that will increase hate speech and misinformationOn Friday he reinstated a number of journalists he had suspended for allegedly sharing location data about him after the EU and UN called it an attack on press freedomReporters for the New York Times CNN and the Washington Post were among those locked out of their accountsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever