Musk Launches Poll Asking If He Should Step Down From Twitter

Elon Musk launched a poll on Sunday asking: “Should I step down as head of Twitter?

He added, “I will abide by the results of this poll.”

Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022

“As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it,” he said after.

The poll comes amid criticism that Musk is facing over his decision to suspend the accounts of several journalists over a controversy on publishing public data about the billionaire’s plane.

The journalists impacted included individuals from The New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post. Their accounts were reinstated after the backlash and another poll by Musk.

The earlier poll on the suspension showed that a majority of respondents wanted the accounts restored immediately.

“The people have spoken. Accounts who doxxed my location will have their suspension lifted now,” Musk said in a tweet on Saturday.

The U.N. human rights chief welcomed the reinstatements, but said he continued to have concerns.

“Twitter has a responsibility to respect human rights: @elonmusk should commit to making decision based on publicly-available policies that respect rights, including free speech. Nothing less,” Volker Turk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, wrote.

Donie O’Sullivan, a CNN reporter who had been among the journalists who were suspended and then reinstated, said he still could not tweet because the platform was demanding his removal of one of his posts. He said he would appeal.

Officials from France, Germany, Britain and the European Union had earlier condemned the suspensions.