- After the announcement of new Twitter guidelines and the suspension of journalists’ accounts, criticism of Elon Musk continues to mount.
- Now the tech billionaire is allowing users to vote on his future through an SMS service.
- The result may be available as early as midday CET.
Should I resign as President of Twitter? “I will stand by the results of this poll,” he wrote on Twitter Monday night. Users can vote yes or no.
There was previously heavy criticism of Twitter after the internet announced that it would no longer allow its users to advertise their presence on certain competing platforms – including Facebook, Instagram or Mastodon.
Sorry for the new instructions
Musk promised in another tweet that he would also make significant changes to the platform’s guidelines for voting in the future. ‘pardon. It won’t happen again.”
According to Twitter, the new policy against competing platforms applies to both your Tweets and your account’s bio. In the future, she said, Twitter will not allow free advertising for some social media platforms on Twitter. Musk acquired Twitter last October and has been pushing his ideas across the online service ever since.
Twitter has also banned the accounts of several prominent US journalists since Thursday. According to those affected, the closures were implemented without warning. Most of the accounts have now been reactivated, but the criticisms of the action have been huge. Many users then announced Twitter competitor Mastodon as an alternative – but also before that.
Musk’s controversial role
Musk has historically presented himself as a champion of free speech. Finally, he spread conspiracy theories on Twitter and used the platform to promote American Republicans in his tweets.
The online service has developed into an important communications platform in recent years: Governments, authorities and politicians use Twitter for their PR work all over the world.
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