Nah, there’s nothing dictatorial or meglomaniacal about this: new owner of Twitter Elon Musk has dissolved the board of directors for the company and installed himself as the “sole director” of the social media giant, The Independent reports.
The move was one of the first Musk undertook Thursday after he took possession. It was reported in SEC filings disclosed Monday. Musk reportedly paid $44 billion for Twitter, and is now attempting to remove the checks on leadership that would impede his impetuous–and frequently misguided–effort to reformat the platform.
Just days after Musk took control, he tweeted a false story about the attack against Paul Pelosi, the spouse of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who was attacked in his home by a QAnon adherent over the weekend. Such dissemination of disinformation by Musk signals the social media site will accept any reckless, careless information without review, leading to critics fearing the platform will be used to promote debunked and dangerous lies.