Elon Musk submits for consultation the return of Donald Trump to Twitter; AMLO votes yes

The new owner of Twitter, Elon Muskpublished this Sunday a poll in which he put to a vote the return of the former president of the United States, Donald Trumpto this social network.

The poll, published at 6:47 p.m. on Friday, has registered 12,757,106 votes, including the vote for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

At around 12:30 p.m. this Saturday, November 19, the poll showed 52.2% of the votes in favor and 47.8% against that Trump return to Twitter, after his account was suspended at the beginning of 2021, for posting messages that could incite his supporters to take over the Capitol on January 6 of that year.

AMLO votes in favor of Trump’s return to Twitter

The president of Mexico published this Saturday morning on his Twitter account that he voted in favor of the former US president returning to the social network.

“I already voted for Trump to be able to use Twitter. The Statue of Liberty should not be left as an empty symbol,” he wrote. Lopez Obrador.

What is happening in twitter?

In recent weeks, hundreds of users have asked this question, after seeing the changes that are being made Elon Musk to the company.

It all started on October 27, when he also Tesla CEO formalized the acquisition of the microblogging network after more than six months of legal disputes, to reach an agreement for 44,000 million dollars. After taking control of the company, one of his first actions was to oust the social network’s CEO, Parag Agrawal, with immediate effect.

Musk argued that his interest in buying Twitter it was because it is “important for the future of civilization to have an online public square where a wide variety of opinions can be debated in a healthy way, without resorting to violence.”

The change of owner in Twitter It has not been entirely positive for the employees, since in less than a month since the purchase was made official, at least 3,700 workers have been laid off, which would be equivalent to 50% of the company’s workforce.

Employee turnover spiked recently after Musk emailed all employees with an ultimatum warning “lots of high-intensity hours” or to leave the company with three months’ pay severance.

“If you’re sure you want to be a part of the new Twitter, please click yes on the link below,” Musk said in his message.

After this notice, it was reported in various media that hundreds of employees decided to resign and several offices were even closed.

On Thursday night, many users of the social network, including former collaborators, journalists and analysts, wondered if the end of Twitter would be close

The exodus from the social network has also spread to advertisers.

Omnicom -one of the largest advertising houses in the world and which represents brands such as McDonald’s, Apple or PepsiCo- recommended last Friday, November 11, to its clients to suspend the purchase of ads on Twitter, joining other rivals that had already done the same .

Previously, other giants in the sector had already recommended that their clients temporarily stop advertising on Twitter and several large companies had paralyzed their advertising on the platform, mainly due to the uncertainty surrounding the drift that the social network could take due to the promises of Musk to prioritize free speech over content moderation.

(With information from Reuters and AFP.)

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