Elon Musk Says Suspended Twitter Accounts Will Get ‘Amnesty’ After Vote
Elon Musk said on Thursday that Twitter will offer a “general amnesty” to suspended accounts starting next week after conducting a survey on whether to do so for users who have not broken the rules or engaged in malicious spam. In a poll posted by Musk on Twitter on Wednesday, 72.4 percent of the more than 3.16 million users who participated voted to bring back those suspended by the social network.
“The people have spoken,” Musk, who acquired Twitter last month, tweeted Thursday. “Amnesty starts next week.”
Last week, Musk, the world’s richest man, reinstated other previously suspended accounts, including former US President Donald Trump, the comedy website Babylon Bee and comedian Kathy Griffin.
He tweeted in October that Twitter would create a content moderation council with a “very different vision.” Musk said no major decisions on the content or restoration of accounts will take place before the council meets.
Change and turmoil have marked the billionaire’s first few weeks as Twitter owner. He fired senior executives, including former Chief Executive Parag Agarwal, and it was announced that top security and privacy officials had resigned.
That resignation drew scrutiny from the US Federal Trade Commission, whose mandate includes consumer protection and which said it was watching Twitter with “grave concern.”
On Thursday, Musk wrote on Twitter that Twitter users can see a small, sometimes large improvement in the speed of the platform, which can be important in countries far from the US.
Earlier this week, Reuters reported that a coalition of civil rights activists urged Twitter advertisers to release statements about removing their ads from the social media platform after its owner Elon Musk lifted a ban on former US President Donald Trump’s tweets.
Last week, Donald Trump said he has no interest in returning to Twitter as the majority of people voted to reinstate the former US president, who was banned from social media for promoting violence, in an election organized by new owner Elon Musk. .
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