“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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Kangana Ranaut deletes post about Trump, regrets sharing 'very personal opinion'
New Delhi, May 15 (PTI): Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Thursday said she has deleted her post about US President Donald Trump and regrets sharing her "very personal opinion" on social media.
Ranaut said she deleted the post after she received a call from BJP national president JP Nadda.
"Respected national president Shri @JPNadda ji called and asked me to delete the tweet I had posted regarding Trump asking Apple CEO Tim Cook not to manufacture in India.
"I regret posting that very personal opinion of mine, as per instructions I immediately deleted it from Instagram as well," Ranaut, who is BJP's from Mandi, wrote on X.
Trump, who is in Qatar as part of his four-day visit to the Gulf region, on Thursday said he had told Apple CEO Tim Cook that he does not want him to build iPhones in India.
Respected national president Shri @JPNadda ji called and asked me to delete the tweet I had posted regarding Trump asking Apple CEO Tim Cook not to manufacture in India.
— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) May 15, 2025
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