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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern

What we know about Elon Musk’s week and what’s in store for Twitter

Ten million users voted in favour Elon Musk ending his reign over the company.
Ten million users voted in favour Elon Musk ending his reign over the company. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

If he is a man of his word, then Elon Musk will “step down as head of Twitter”, after 10 million users voted in favour him ending his reign over the company he bought just 53 days ago.

But the pledge in his tweet accompanying the poll, apparently made as he relaxed after watching the World Cup final in Doha in the company of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, is sparse on details. Here’s what we know – and what we don’t – about what’s in store for Twitter:

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