Resigns of Elon Musk Twitter owner
Elon Musk leaves his resignation in the hands of Twitter users
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Elon Musk leaves his resignation from Twitter in the hands of netizens, as the founder of Tesla published a survey asking his more than 120 million followers whether he should step back from his role as president of the company or not, saying, “Should I step down from my position as president of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this survey.” ".
Opinion poll results
In less than two hours, the poll had received more than 5.3 million votes, with a majority in favor of Musk stepping down. Those results may have prompted another tweet by Musk: "As the saying goes, be careful what you want, you might get it."
Shortly after 8pm, 58 per cent of voters voted "yes" to step down, an estimated 3,208,000 voters.
Responses to Musk's tweets were mixed to say the least, with many Twitter users taking part in the poll hoping she would remain. The results favored his departure, while others poured in on his comments, begging him to stay.
Political debate over Twitter
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On the other hand, the American newspaper The Hill said that the controversy arose almost every hour about Twitter during the past days, sparking a political debate in the United States about the platform, which has become an essential component of public discourse, especially in the country of Uncle Sam.
The company had said in its report that it had 238 million active users worldwide in the second quarter of 2022, a few months before Elon Musk took control of the company. More than 41 million of them were in the United States.
Conservatives celebrated the steps Musk had taken since completing his acquisition of Twitter for $44 billion in October, and saw his early days in the company's leadership as a correction of its tendency to the left in the company's decision-making process, they said.
Republican Senator John F. Kennedy praised Musk in an interview with Fox News, saying the billionaire has taken a "brave stand for the jungle" on First Amendment protections for the right to speech since his acquisition of the company, and has proven to be tough and tough. This came just a day before Twitter suspended the accounts of prominent journalists at the Washington Post, New York Times and CNN. He accused the account holder of these journalists of publishing private data that followed the path of his plane.
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Liberal team
The liberals also attacked Musk's decisions and announcements, which ranged from lifting the ban on a number of controversial right-wing accounts, most notably the account of former President Donald Trump, and encouraging users to vote Republican in the midterm elections.
The liberals saw that Musk banned the accounts of journalists, before reinstating them again, as showing a willingness to extend his influence to punish those who criticize him, and to show the falsity of his allegations that he is committed to freedom of expression.
The fate of Twitter platform
The idea that Musk is trying to create an open and transparent network is not clearly what is happening, said Simon Rosenberg of the center-left NDN Research Center. An important part of the global public discourse is at risk, which is unfortunate because, in other words, Twitter is more of a field and Musk is clearly misleading about his argument for what he is going to do with Twitter.
Rosenberg added that Musk has aligned himself with the interests of the far-right in the United States.
What complicates the picture is the continuing repercussions resulting from a decision taken by the previous management of Twitter.
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