Elon Musk weighs letting Trump return to Twitter

Elon Musk dropped a 24-hour poll on his personal Twitter feed Friday night time asking whether or not or to not reinstate former President Trump to the social media platform.

Why it issues: Since he took over the corporate, there’s been quite a lot of curiosity in whether or not or not Musk would enable Trump to return to Twitter after an almost two-year absence.

Particulars: Musk’s new Twitter poll had a easy “sure” or “no” vote on whether or not to reinstate former President Trump.

• Musk replied to his personal tweet Friday night time, saying, “Vox Populi, Vox Dei” — which is a Latin phrase that means, “the voice of the individuals is the voice of God.”
• By Saturday morning, the vote whole neared 11.6 million votes with about 52% in favor of reinstating and 48% in opposition to.
• Musk stated the ballot was getting 1 million votes per hour.

On Friday, Musk stated Twitter would deemphasize “hate” or “unfavourable” tweets and that he had reinstated some accounts, corresponding to Kathy Griffin, Jordan Peterson and The Babylon Bee.

• A call on Trump, he stated on the time, had not been made.

Context: Musk has beforehand used casual polls to earn favor for plans he was planning to implement anyway, Axios’ Hope King writes.

Flashback: Trump was suspended in response to the “threat of additional incitement of violence,” the corporate stated on the time, in keeping with Axios. The choice got here after a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. capitol to cease the certification of President Biden’s victory.

• When Musk took over Twitter in October, Trump stated the social media platform is now in sane palms.”
• In April, Trump advised Fox News that he wouldn’t return to Twitter and would proceed to make use of his personal platform, Reality Social.

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