Elon Musk Launches a Twitter Poll to Restore Donald Trump’s Account
Earlier in the day, Elon Musk stated that a decision to reinstate Trump’s account still needed to be made.
Elon Musk launched a Twitter poll late Friday asking followers to vote on whether former US President Donald Trump’s account should be reinstat on the platform. Early results showed roughly 60% voting yes.
Musk tweeted, “Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” a Latin phrase that roughly translates like. The voice of the people is the voice of God.” The poll was available for 24 hours.
Musk, Twitter’s new owner, stated in May that he would lift the ban on Trump. Whose account was suspend following last year’s attack on the US Capitol.
Earlier in the day, Musk start that a decision on reactivating Trump’s account still need to be made. And that Twitter had reinstat some controversial charges that had been ban or suspended. Including satirical website Babylon Bee and comedian Kathy Griffin.
Musk’s decision to poll Twitter users for input on who should be on the platform is part of the company’s massive restructuring. Which includes massive layoffs.
Musk asked those who write software code to report to the 10th floor of Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco by early afternoon, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Friday.
The emails came a day after it was report that hundreds of Twitter employees had decide to leave the beleaguer social media company follow Musk’s Thursday deadline for employees to sign up for “long hours at high intensity.”
The exodus adds to Musk’s first three weeks as Twitter’s owner, which has been mark by change also chaos. He has fired top executives. Including former CEO Parag Agarwal also senior officials in charge of security and privacy, prompting a regulator to investigate.
A White House official also chimed in, saying that Twitter should inform Americans about how the company protects their data. Platformer, a technology website, report on Friday that Robin Wheeler, the company’s top ad sales executive, had been fire.
