Musk’s ‘Twitter representative’ resignation’ in online voting… majority vote in favor
| The ongoing vote on whether to resign as CEO of Twitter on Elon Musk’s Twitter account. About 4 hours following the voting began at 6:20 pm on the 18th, eastern time in the United States, regarding 9 million Twitter users participated in the vote, with 56.6% of votes in favor of resignation. twitter capture |
Elon Musk, who is also the CEO of Tesla and the CEO of Twitter, is conducting an employee vote asking whether to resign as the CEO of Twitter, and so far, it has been found that the majority are voting in favor of’resign’. Musk on the 18th (local time) posted a question on Twitter, “Should I step down as head of Twitter?” and said, “I will abide by the results of this vote.” On this day, at 6:20 p.m. Eastern time (8:20 a.m. on the 19th, Korean time), the vote for and once morest will be held for 12 hours. As of 12:00 noon on the 19th, Korea time, 4 hours following the vote, regarding 9.07 million people participated in the vote, and more than half, 56.6%, voted in favor of resigning from the representative position.
Musk has not mentioned when he will specifically announce whether he will resign from the post of representative depending on the voting results. However, in a reply sent to a Twitter user, Musk also mentioned that “there is no successor (yet).”
Recently, Twitter temporarily suspended the accounts tracking Musk’s private jet and the accounts of reporters belonging to major US media outlets such as the New York Times (NYT) and Washington Post (WP) who reported on them. have. In addition, the Twitter account of WP reporter Taylor Lorenz, who requested an interview with Musk that day, was unilaterally and permanently suspended.
As such, it is noteworthy that such a vote was held amidst various controversies following Musk started Twitter management. Archyde.com, Bloomberg, etc. paid attention to the fact that voting for and once morest was taking place following various controversies that erupted following Musk took over Twitter management.
Meanwhile, Musk also mentioned in a post on Twitter right before this online vote, “There will be a vote on major policy changes in the future,” and “I apologize. It won’t happen once more.” Musk did not mention what the specific content of the apology was.
In addition, Tesla shareholders are fiercely criticizing Musk for neglecting Tesla management following acquiring Twitter last October. CNBC reported on the 14th that Tesla stock has fallen more than 28% since October 27, when Musk completed the Twitter acquisition deal.
Reporter Park Joon-hee
