Elon Musk confirms he will step down as Twitter CEO - Digital Trends

Elon Musk says helium volition measurement down arsenic CEO of Twitter “as soon arsenic I find idiosyncratic foolish capable to instrumentality the job.”

The billionaire entrepreneur, who acquired the societal media institution astatine the extremity of October successful a woody worthy $44 billion, made the connection successful a tweet connected Tuesday night, adding that erstwhile a caller CEO is successful place, helium volition “just tally the bundle and servers teams.”

The determination to measurement down arsenic CEO follows a Twitter canvass conducted by Musk past week successful which helium asked” “Should I measurement down arsenic the caput of Twitter?” He added astatine the aforesaid clip that helium would abide by the results of the poll.

More than 17 cardinal radical voted successful the poll, with 57.5% saying helium should measurement down, and 42.5% saying helium should enactment successful place.

Musk stayed quiescent connected the substance until Tuesday, erstwhile helium confirmed for the archetypal clip since the canvass closed that helium would so grant the effect and bring successful idiosyncratic other to tally Twitter.

Of course, astatine t helium existent time, nary 1 has immoderate thought however agelong it’s going to instrumentality to find idiosyncratic consenting to instrumentality connected the task of settling things down astatine Twitter. Plus, it volition beryllium absorbing to spot if, arsenic galore radical already judge whitethorn happen, Musk continues to telephone the shots from down the scenes.

Since Musk’s takeover of Twitter little than 2 months ago, there’s been overmuch turmoil and contention swirling astir the platform, including wide unit layoffs, the reinstatement of thousands of antecedently banned accounts, disorder implicit the premium Twitter Blue tier, and the caller banning — past reinstatement — of a fig of accounts belonging to journalists who person been captious of Musk.

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