Elon Musk suggested that it’s a matter of when — not if — former President Donald Trump’s account gets reinstated on Twitter.
that Twitter would not become “a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences” under his direction.
His statements suggest, however, that those suspended from the site for encouraging violence will have their accounts reinstated at some point, including Trump. Indeed, when Musk first floated purchasing the site earlier this year, he said that Trump’s account should be reinstated. “I do think it was not correct to ban Donald Trump. I think that was a mistake,”, claiming the move was “foolish in the extreme,” and that it “alienated a large part of the country.
Polling has shown that most Americans support banning Trump from social media platforms. The initial decision to ban Trump from Twitter was made because the site believed his incendiary rhetoric could promote violent action among his followers. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,”
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