Elon Musk is asking Twitter users to decide whether he should remain at the helm of the social media platform after admitting he made a mistake on Sunday by introducing new restrictions, the Times of Israel reports.

Five hours before the polls closed, 53.6% of respondents said “yes” that Musk should go.

Recall that the MUsk platform recently announced to Twitter users that they will no longer be allowed to post links to several competing social networks, billionaire Elon Musk’s platform announced on Sunday in a statement that raises concerns after the suspension of some journalists’ accounts, AFP reported .

“Twitter no longer allows free promotion of certain social networks on Twitter,” the statement said, specifying that the affected networks are Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Post and Nostr, as well as “links to the social networks of network aggregators.” . , for example linktr.ee, lnk.bio”.

So a tweet like “Thanks for following @username on Instagram” becomes banned.

Users who violate this rule risk having their Twitter accounts suspended, Agerpres writes.

“If violations of this policy are isolated or constitute a first offense, we may take a number of actions, ranging from the suspension of one or more tweets to the temporary termination of the account or accounts,” but then “any recidivism will result in permanent suspension,” social network details.

The eccentric owner of Tesla and SpaceX, who calls himself a supporter of total freedom of expression, has said several times that he wants to act as the owner of Twitter, the social network that, before he recently became its owner, was accused of censoring certain opinions through a content moderation regime. in particular, the suspension of the account of former US Republican President Donald Trump.

But in recent days, Musk has suspended — and then reinstated — the accounts of several journalists from major US media outlets such as CNN, the New York Times and the Washington Post, prompting protests from the United Nations and the European Commission, whose president, Ursula von der Leyen, even threatened the Twitter boss with sanctions. .

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