{"id":18776,"date":"2022-11-25T05:24:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T05:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/11\/25\/oh-look-elon-musk-is-letting-more-banned-accounts-back-on-twitter\/"},"modified":"2022-11-25T05:24:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T05:24:19","slug":"oh-look-elon-musk-is-letting-more-banned-accounts-back-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/11\/25\/oh-look-elon-musk-is-letting-more-banned-accounts-back-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh Look, Elon Musk Is Letting More Banned Accounts Back On Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Twitter overlord Elon Musk announced Thursday that he would allow more suspended accounts back on the site following the results of a poll he posted the day before Thanksgiving, claiming this to be the will of the platform\u2019s users. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Musk made his decree alongside a Latin phrase translating approximately to: \u201cThe voice of the people is the voice of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The \u201camnesty\u201d will start next week. Musk said it will only apply to accounts that have not broken laws or \u201cengaged in egregious spam.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Precisely which accounts will be reinstated is not clear. But if the recent past is any guide, it may be largely voices from the right. Musk brought back a number of right-wing users<\/a> over the last week, including the misogynist media personality Jordan Peterson and the misogynist YouTuber Andrew Tate. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The misogynist former president, Donald Trump<\/a>, was given a green light to tweet last weekend in a move that was also preceded by a Twitter poll. Trump, however, has yet to post any new tweets since getting kicked off Twitter in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Musk now appears to have fully reneged on his Oct. 28 pledge<\/a> to convene a \u201ccontent moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints\u201d before making any \u201cmajor content decisions or account reinstatements.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When confronted with evidence of this pledge in the form of a screenshot earlier this week, Musk claimed he was foiled by his enemies. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cA large coalition of political\/social activist groups agreed not to try to kill Twitter by starving us of advertising revenue if I agreed to this condition. They broke the deal,\u201d Musk said Tuesday, without providing evidence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Footage from a video call published by TMZ<\/a> on Wednesday showed Musk describing Twitter\u2019s council as more of an \u201cadvisory\u201d group. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAt the end of the day it will be me deciding … I don\u2019t need to listen to what they say,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Musk appears to be brushing aside critics who say he\u2019s gotten way too cozy<\/a> with Twitter\u2019s most prominent voices on the right-wing fringe, even as advertisers \u2015 which provide the bulk of Twitter\u2019s revenue \u2015 seem skittish. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to The Washington Post<\/a>, more than a third of Twitter\u2019s top 100 marketers have not posted any advertising on the site in the past two weeks, coinciding with Musk\u2019s gutting of Twitter\u2019s payroll.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Musk, the world\u2019s richest person, completed his $44 billion purchase of Twitter on Oct. 27. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n