Elon Musk Says He Will Restore Trump’s Twitter Account
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Elon Musk said he would reverse the Twitter ban on Donald Trump when he takes control of the company.
“I do think that it was not correct to ban Donald Trump. I think that was a mistake because it alienated a large part of the country, and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice,” said Musk, who made the remarks at a Financial Times autos conference.
On April 25, 2022, it was announced that Twitter would accept Musk's offer to by the company at premium.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTTrump was banned for repeatedly violating the company’s policy on false information.
As GoLocal recently reported, only about 11% of U.S. adults use the social media platfom.
Musk called the ban a “morally bad decision,” saying permanent bans undermine trust in Twitter.
“If there are tweets that are wrong and bad, those should be either deleted or made invisible, and a suspension—a temporary suspension—is appropriate, but not a permanent ban,” added Musk.
As GoLocal reported in January of 2021:
Twitter has permanently banned President Donald Trump from its platform -- and Apple and Google told conservative platform Parler that it had to step up its policing of the conversation on its app -- or lose its spot on iPhones and Androids.
The moves come after the acts of domestic terrorism at the United States Capitol on Wednesday, with five people dead -- and the role of social media in promoting the event under fire.
Trump had already been banned this week on Facebook -- but Twitter had been his social media of choice.
On Friday, Twitter took to its blog to explain its decision to ban Trump, stating the following:
"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.
In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action. Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open.
However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules entirely and cannot use Twitter to incite violence, among other things. We will continue to be transparent around our policies and their enforcement."
This story includes reporting by the WSJ.
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