Wish he could stay, but I understand he needs to move on, said Elon Musk after Jack Dorsey stepped down from the Twitter board.
Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk. (Photo: AP)
Former CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down from the Twitter board on Thursday, May 26. Reacting to the news, billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said “Jack is off the board”.
“I’m a fan of Jack btw. Wish he would stay on the board, but I understand that he needs to move on,” Musk said in a tweet.
Jack off the board!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 26, 2022
Dorsey resigned as the Twitter CEO in November 2021. He was rumored to rejoin as the Twitter CEO but he put an end to speculation by revealing that he would not return as the CEO of Twitter ever again.
Dorsey is currently spearheading the financial payments platform Block, which was formerly known as Square.
The former Twitter CEO’s thoughts align with Elon Musk, who is currently in the midst of taking over Twitter. But, Elon Musk, who was in the process of taking over Twitter, announced on May 17 that he is putting the deal on hold unless Twitter proves its claim that fake and spam accounts account for less than 5 per cent of Twitter users.
In the past several years, the billionaire often questioned Twitter for censoring some voices, including former US President Donald Trump. Since Musk has often talked about Twitter not adhering to “freedom of speech”, one of the first changes (if the deal goes through) could be seen in content moderation.