Elon Musk launched a Twitter poll late Friday asking followers to vote on whether to reinstate former US President Donald Trump’s account on the platform, with early results showing around 60 percent voting yes. gave
“Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk tweeted, a Latin phrase roughly meaning “the voice of the people is the voice of God.” Polling continued for 24 hours.
New Twitter boss Musk said in May that he would reverse Twitter’s ban on Trump, whose account was suspended after the attack on the US Capitol last year.
Musk said earlier in the day that a decision had yet to be made to bring back Trump’s account, and that Twitter had reinstated some controversial accounts that had been banned or suspended, including the satirical website. Featuring Babylon Bee and comedian Kathy Griffin.
Musk’s decision to ask Twitter users for guidance on who should be on the platform is part of a larger restructuring of the company, including massive layoffs.
In a memo to remaining employees seen by JEE News on Friday, Musk told software code writers to report to the 10th floor of Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters by noon.
The billionaire said in a follow-up email: “If possible, I would appreciate it if you could fly to SF to attend in person,” adding that he would be in the office by midnight. Will stay and return on Saturday morning.
He asked employees to email him a summary of what their software code had “achieved” in the past six months, “along with 10 screenshots of the most prominent lines of code.”
“There will be short, technical interviews that allow me to better understand the Twitter tech stack,” Musk wrote in an email, and asked engineers to report back on Friday at 2 p.m.
The emails came a day after hundreds of Twitter employees were estimated to have decided to leave the troubled social media company following a Thursday deadline from Musk that staff would “more aggressively” work longer hours. Sign up.
The exit adds to the change and chaos that has marked Musk’s first three weeks as Twitter boss. It has fired top management, including former CEO Parag Aggarwal and senior officials in charge of security and privacy, amid a regulatory probe.
A White House official also weighed in, saying Twitter should tell Americans how the company is protecting their data.
The tech website platform reported Friday that the company’s top ad sales executive, Robin Wheeler, has been fired.
Wheeler, who told employees in a memo last week that he was staying on, tweeted on Friday: “To the team and my clients… you were always my first and only priority,” with a greeting emoji. has been adopted as leave. For departing employees.
Twitter told employees on Thursday that it would close its offices and reduce access to the badge through Monday, according to two sources. JEE News could not immediately confirm whether the headquarters had reopened.
As of Friday afternoon, the company had begun shutting down access to company systems for some employees who refused to accept Musk’s offer, three of the people told JEE News.
Another source said the company is planning to close one of Twitter’s three main U.S. data centers, the SMF1 facility near Sacramento, to save costs.
In his first email to Twitter employees this month, Musk warned that Twitter may not “survive the coming economic downturn.” He also said, “We’re also changing Twitter’s policy to not allow remote work unless you have a specific exception.”
Amid the changes, Moody’s withdrew its B1 credit rating for Twitter, saying it had insufficient information to maintain the rating.
