Elon Musk stays silent after Twitter users vote in favour of him stepping down

Some online safety groups have accused the billionaire of allowing hate, abuse and misinformation to more easily circulate on the platform because of his free speech principles.

Elon Musk posted the poll to Twitter on Sunday night (Yui Mok/PA)

Elon Musk is still yet to confirm whether he will abide by the result of a Twitter poll that showed millions of users believe he should step down as chief executive of the site.

Normally a prolific user of the platform, the Tesla boss has not tweeted since the result of the poll, which he created, was confirmed on Monday morning, with 57.5% of the more than 17.5 million accounts that voted saying he should step down as the head of Twitter.