<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Elon Musk has said he will resign as Twitter's chief executive officer when he finds someone "foolish enough to take the job".</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The billionaire promised earlier to abide by the result of a Twitter poll which saw 57.5% of users vote "yes" to him quitting the role.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He says he will still run the software and servers teams after his replacement is found.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Changes on the platform since his takeover have been much criticised.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since Mr Musk bought the social media site in October, he has fired about half of its staff and attempted a rollout of Twitter's paid-for verification feature before putting it on pause. The feature was relaunched last week.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Civil liberties groups have also criticised his approach to content moderation, accusing him of taking steps that will increase hate speech and misinformation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Friday, Mr Musk was condemned by the United Nations and European Union over Twitter's decision to suspend some journalists who cover the social media firm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The UN tweeted that media freedom was "not a toy", while the EU threatened Twitter with sanctions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the first time the multibillionaire has responded to the poll launched on Sunday asking if he should resign. Finding someone to take over the social media platform may be a challenge, according to Mr Musk.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive," he tweeted following the poll.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In response to a tweet saying Twitter Blue subscribers "should be the only ones that can vote in policy related polls. We actually have skin in the game", Mr Musk said: "Good point, Twitter will make that change."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Twitter's paid-for verification feature was rolled out for a second time last week after its launch was paused. The service costs $8 per month, or $11 for people using the Twitter app on Apple devices, and gives subscribers a "blue tick".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Previously a blue tick was used as a badge of authenticity and was free. BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>