The new owner and head of Twitter for three weeks, Elon Muskannounced this Friday that “certain accounts” of users suspended on the platform are “reinstated,” but that “he has not yet made a decision on (Donald) Trump.”
The South African tycoon tweeted that the accounts of American comedian and humorist Kathy Griffin, of Canadian psychologist Jordan Bernt Peterson, along with conservative news satire website Babylon Bee “have been reinstated” but “no decision has yet been taken.” decision on Donald Trump’s account”.
Kathie Griffin, Jorden Peterson & Babylon Bee have been reinstated.
Trump decision has not yet been made.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
Note, this applies just to the individual tweet, not the whole account
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
“Twitter will not allow anyone who has been removed from the platform for violating its rules to re-enter until we have a clear process to do so, which will take at least a few more weeks,” Musk tweeted days ago, ahead of the recent midterm elections. .
Former President Trump was expelled from the platform shortly after the assault that was carried out by his supporters on the Capitol, on January 6, 2021, with the attempt to prevent the electoral certification of his Democratic rival Joe Biden, who was the winner of the elections. 2020 elections.
The investor’s announcement came moments before US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed an independent prosecutor to lead criminal investigations into Trump, three days after the former president announced his new 2024 White House run.
In a tweet last Tuesday, Musk said he spoke “with several heads of minority rights groups about how Twitter will continue to fight hate speech and harassment,” adding that he would “enforce its policy on election integrity.”
“Twitter’s new policy is freedom of expression,” but “negative and hateful” messages will be “maximally demonetized” so “there will be no advertising or other gain for Twitter,” the businessman warned.
“You won’t find that tweet unless you specifically search for it, which is no different than everything else posted on the internet,” Musk added.
