Musk to quit as Twitter CEO soon

 Elon Musk has said that he will step down in his role as CEO of Twitter when he finds someone “stupid enough to take the job.”

The billionaire had said he would follow the result of a Twitter poll, in which 57.5% of people voted “yes” to him leaving the job.

He says that even after his replacement is found, he will still be in charge of the software and server teams.

Since he took over, many people have said bad things about the changes to the platform.

Since October, when Mr. Musk bought the social media site, he has fired about half of its employees and tried to roll out Twitter’s paid-for verification feature before pausing it. Last week, the feature was brought back.

Civil liberties groups have also criticized his way of moderating content, saying that he is doing things that will lead to more hate speech and false information.

After repeatedly trying to back out of the deal, Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion (£36 billion) in October.

Since he took over, his approach to content moderation has been criticized. Some civil liberties groups have said that he is taking steps that will lead to more hate speech and false information.

On Friday, the United Nations and the European Union criticized him because Twitter suspended some…Read More

Source — Atlanta Wire