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Elon Musk is looking for a new chief executive officer for Twitter Inc., according to a person familiar with the search, after the billionaire lost a straw poll he posted on the social media site that asked whether he should relinquish his role as head of the company.

It was one of Musk's first tweets since Twitter users voted for him to step down as head of the company.

Musk said suggestions that the poll was skewed by bots were ‘interesting’

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In this week’s newsletter: Musk has a talent for trying to wiggle out of trouble on Twitter, only to land deeper in it – this time by asking users if he should quit as chief executive

Before purchasing Twitter, Elon Musk said that a public platform for free speech is a “societal imperative for a functioning democracy”. As part of this, he claimed that Twitter being “maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilisation”.

Twitter will restrict voting on major policy decisions to paying Twitter Blue subscribers, company owner Elon Musk said in one of his first tweets following a poll calling for him to step down.

For better or for worse, I grew up with social media. I remember jumping on Google+ after school and continuing conversations with friends. I would use Facebook groups to organize class gifts for favorite teachers. Snapchat was for sending funny pictures and maintaining streaks as a way to qualify friendships.…