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Musk not suited to run Twitter, should instead focus on Tesla: Investor

To the extent that Musk remains involved with the social media platform, it should be with the underlying technology rather than as the "front-facing CEO," Ross Gerber said

Will quit after finding 'foolish enough' person to become Twitter CEO: Musk

Twitter's new owner Elon Musk has said he will resign as the social media giant's CEO as soon as he finds someone foolish enough to take the job, two days after millions of users voted for his ouster in a poll he ran online. The 51-year-old billionaire promised earlier to abide by the result of a Twitter poll which saw 57.5 per cent of users vote "yes" to him quitting the role. I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job. After that, I will just run the software and servers teams, Musk tweeted on Tuesday. Musk added the tweet to his earlier post on Sunday in which he had asked in an online poll if he should step down as the Chief Executive Officer of Twitter. I will abide by the results of this poll, he had said. Over 17 million votes were cast in the poll that began on Sunday evening and ended early on Monday morning with most respondents voting in the affirmative, CNN reported. Musk had not immediately reacted to the outcome of the vote and dec

Elon Musk says will step down as Twitter CEO after finding successor

Elon Musk said that he will resign as CEO of Twitter CEO as soon as a successor is found

Twitter introduces new verification badge for identifying company employees

Twitter's product manager Esther Crawford, took to the platform to announce the launch of the new square-shaped badge

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3 leadership qualities that Musk's replacement as Twitter CEO needs to have

Three leadership qualities that Elon Musk's replacement as Twitter's CEO will need to have

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Elon Musk's net worth sinks to two-yr low as Twitter CEO loses $7.7 billion

The selloff adds to the woes of Musk, who lost his status as the world's richest person to luxury tycoon Bernard Arnault on Dec. 13

Twitter hit with dozens of legal complaints by laid-off employees

The arbitration demands accuse Twitter of sex discrimination, breach of contract, and illegally terminating employees who were on medical or parental leave

CEO Elon Musk actively searching for new chief for Twitter: Report

Billionaire Elon Musk is actively searching for a new chief executive officer for Twitter Inc, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing sources

Twitter hit with dozens of legal complaints by ex-employees post layoffs

Twitter laid off roughly 3,700 employees in early November in a cost-cutting measure by Musk, who paid $44 billion to acquire the social media platform, and hundreds more subsequently resigned

Twitter launches grey verification tick mark for govt, golden for companies

Social media platform Twitter has started rolling out a grey tick verification mark for government-related accounts and a golden tick mark for companies while the rest of the verified accounts will get a blue tick mark. With the rollout, Twitter has replaced the blue tick mark of the Government of India's handle with a grey tick and also of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's. The prime minister's Twitter account has 85.1 million followers. The company on December 12 announced that it will be "replacing the official label with a gold checkmark on some business accounts on Twitter. It had said that it would add a grey checkmark for government and multilateral accounts. Twitter has started charging USD 8 per month on the web and USD 11 per month for those who sign up on iOS for Twitter Blue which it plans to gradually roll out across the globe. "Existing Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to upgrade, cancel, or auto-renew their subscription at the new price. Prices may vary by region.

Have no personal feelings about who manages Twitter: UN chief Guterres

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said he has no personal feelings about who manages Twitter, but he is very interested in how the platform is managed, underlining the importance of combating hate speech and ensuring freedom of expression, especially of journalists, on social media platforms. I have no personal feelings in relation to who manages a platform. I am very interested in about how the platform is managed, he said here on Monday. Guterres was responding to a question during his end of the year press conference on whether he thinks Twitter's owner Elon Musk was a threat to free speech and would he be relieved if the billionaire stepped down as head of the social media platform. Twitter users had voted on Monday for Musk to quit as head of the social media giant in a poll the technology tycoon ran on his future and promised to abide by its results. A total of 57.5 per cent of people voted "yes" after the 51-year-old billionaire asked his 122 million followers whethe

Koo, 2nd largest micro blogging platform, invites world to #JoinKoo

/ -- Koo App, a two-year-old independent startup, backed by the world's notable investors Tiger Global and Accel Partners, invites local language speakers across the world to #JoinKoo to experience its inclusive, secure, easy-to-use and free-to-access platform available on web and mobile applications. The app is available in 20+ global languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean, Turkish and Hindi. Many new global languages will be launched soon. Koo App is the world's second largest micro-blogging platform with multilingual capabilities. Koo recently achieved 60 million downloads worldwide. The platform is all set to increase its footprint globally with a very strong proposition that will include a feature that enables users to migrate from Twitter to Koo and a free self-verification tool that can verify their humanness within seconds. The company has made it easier than ever to migrate from Twitter with the abilit

Twitter announces 'Blue for Business' to help distinguish biz on platform

Associated profiles will receive a little badge of their parent company's profile picture next to their blue or gold checkmark

Twitter's grey verification mark for government officials is live now

The colours of Twitter's new verification system are now visible on the site

Elon Musk says Twitter will restrict voting on policy to blue members

A day earlier, Musk pledged to submit all future policy decisions to a vote and offered Twitter users a choice on leadership, asking them if he should step down; 57.5% of the vote were in favor

Twitter revamp: A shaky, whiplash-inducing timeline since Musk's takeover

Since Elon Musk took control of Twitter in late October, confusion over what is, and what is not allowed on the platform, even what a verified account is, has run rampant. Rules and policies can change daily, or even hourly. Little of what's transpired at Twitter in almost two months under Musk's leadership has anything to do with what was originally his biggest complaint about the platform: the scourge of bots, or spam accounts. Here's a rundown of some of the events, policy changes and confusion that has been a hallmark of Musk's Twitter. Oct. 27: Musk takes control of Twitter and fires the CEO, chief financial officer and the company's top attorney. Oct. 28: Some accounts recirculate long-debunked conspiracy theories in an attempt to test whether Twitter's policies on misinformation were still being enforced. Oct. 30: Musk tweets a link to an unfounded rumor about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband. He later deleted the tweet. Oct. 31: Musk fires Twitter's board

Poll reveals 58% people want Elon Musk to step down as Twitter CEO

Poll by Musk revealed that 58% wants him to quit as CEO, with Twitter currently facing a myriad of issues ranging from banning journalists and other social media platforms amid Tesla stock nosediving

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