Edward Snowden Could Be The Next Twitter C.E.O.

Elon Musk recently asked users if he should step down as the C.E.O. of Twitter:

Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022

In a fairly wide margin, Twitter users responded with a resounding “yes”, as Musk indicated earlier, he will be abiding by the results of the poll…

Following this, Musk posted a series of tweets inquiring about a new C.E.O. for the social media giant, and notable voices such as Lex Fridman, Myspace Tom, and Edward Snowden responded.

Snowden replied saying that he accepts payment in Bitcoin:

I take payment in Bitcoin. https://t.co/wW0Qa9NxWi

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) December 19, 2022

People seem to have mixed reactions to Snowden stepping up to claim the role of C.E.O. at Twitter. On one hand, he revealed the deep state security apparatus…

On the other hand, Snowden now lives in Russia and could potentially be an agent of the Russian government; others claim that he is still an agent of the deep state working for the NSA.

Hello gentlemen, @Snowden @elonmusk would you be interested in doing a Twitter Spaces together? Just you two.

— Eliza (@elizableu) December 17, 2022

According to Crypto Slate:

Having risked his life to disclose governmental surveillance operations, Snowden has gained a reputation for promoting freedom and free speech. This makes him an appropriate choice based on Musk’s purported intention for Twitter.

However, other candidates have stepped forward, including podcaster Lex Friedman, who offered his services for no salary. Friedman said he wanted to improve engineering and increase “the amount of love in the world.”

 

https://twitter.com/WorldWarWang/status/1604816029590253568

"The biggest mistake I made was continuing to invest in building tools **for us** to manage the public conversation, versus building tools **for the people using Twitter** to easily manage it for themselves." https://t.co/ACCTzgCd7j

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) December 14, 2022

CNBC reports:

In court in November, Musk said, “I expect to reduce my time at Twitter and find somebody else to run Twitter over time.”

However, on Sunday, he wrote in a tweet that there is no possible successor for him at the social media company.

“The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive,” he wrote.