Hope and fear as Elon Musk joins Twitter board


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Twitter employees are voicing concerns after Elon Musk promised to make ‘significant improvements‘ to the social media platform as a company board member and majority shareholder. After news broke that the Tesla CEO had made a $3 billion investment in the platform, many took to Twitter to share their feelings.

“Good morning to our new overlord,” Lara Cohen, the company’s Global Head of Partners, wrote in a since-deleted tweet.

Twitter announced this week that Musk would hold a seat on the company’s board of directors until the platform’s 2024 annual shareholders meeting.

Other board members seemed receptive to Musk, who has 80 million Twitter followers, joining their ranks, with several issuing welcome messages online, including platform founder Jack Dorsey.

Pierce Sharpe contributed to this report.

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