“Should I step down?” Musk asks users in new Twitter poll
Washington: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has started a poll on the site, asking the millions of Twitter users if he should step down as head of the microblogging site.
The question follows the multiple policy changes on Twitter in the last few days, reports NDTV.
"Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll," Musk asked in one of his tweets.
"Going forward, there will be a vote for major policy changes. My apologies. Won't happen again," he said in another tweet.
Musk has asked people to poll about his continuation as CEO of Twitter after the site announced on Sunday that accounts used to promote other accounts other specific social media platforms would be banned.
Twitter Support has posted on the matter, "We recognise that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter."
It added that accounts created to promote other social platforms and content with links or user names for Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post, would be removed.
Twitter also said that it allowed cross-posting of content from any social media platform. "Posting links or usernames to social media platforms not listed above are also not in violation of this policy," it clarified.
The change in Twitter rules, however, has come at a time when Musk has faced criticism for major policy changes in Twitter.
Also, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that he was 'very disturbed' by Elon Musk's suspension of journalists from Twitter, calling it a dangerous precedent.
Guterres' spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said during a press briefing that media voices should not be silenced on a platform that professes to be a space for freedom of speech. The UN spokesperson said this move sets a dangerous precedent at a time when journalists all over the world are facing censorship, physical threats and even worse.
Twitter on Thursday had suspended the accounts of several journalists but, after severe backlash, had restored the accounts.
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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.
He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.
