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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Elon Musk refuses to cede control over Twitter’s flashpoint content moderation team

Elon Musk won't let his new CEO assume full responsibility for policing content on Twitter. (Credit: Emin Sansar—Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Elon Musk has introduced a broad policy fudge over the policing of sensitive content on Twitter when he formalized his new, more diminished role at the company he bought for $44 billion.

According to an internal memo obtained by Reuters, the billionaire tycoon with a penchant for micromanaging told staff he will be relinquishing control over sales and operations, as well as back-end functions like legal, finance and human resources. 

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