Twitter users vote to oust Musk as CEO

PARIS - Twitter users voted on Monday to oust CEO Elon Musk in an online poll he organised and promised to honour, just weeks after he took over as head of the social media giant. 

He asked users "Should I step down as head of Twitter?" and 57.5 percent of more than 17 million accounts said he should go -- with Musk not yet responding to the result.

READ: Musk polls Twitter users on his future as CEO

The unpredictable billionaire posted the poll shortly after apparently acknowledging he had made a mistake banning Twitter users from promoting their accounts on rival social media platforms.

"Going forward, there will be a vote for major policy changes. My apologies. Won't happen again," he tweeted.

The sudden shift in the rules was the latest in a series of controversial changes made by Musk since he took over the company in October -- upheaval that has led a growing number of users to encourage followers to view their posts on other sites.