The Morning After: Elon Musk says he'll step down as Twitter CEO

whiplash continues on TWITTER Once he finds a replacement, Musk will step down as CEO of the micro-blogging site. The public overwhelmingly told Musk that he should stay in the role after he ran a poll asking if he should leave. He seemed to be acting on the result after suggesting he might change it so only paying users could vote. The software and server teams will be run by Musk according to his plan.

Many will view the job as a poisoned one. 70 percent of the staff have either been laid off or quit, hate speech has flourished, and advertisers have dropped or reduced their spending. The company is facing a lot of pressure from the US government.

The person is Mat Smith.

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