Musk Tells Twitter to Grant Amnesty to Suspended Accounts

Elon Musk has announced that Twitter will grant a mass amnesty to previously suspended accounts.

He made the announcement after conducting a Twitter poll proposing the move – a majority of votes cast in the poll supported the idea, with 72.4% voting yes versus 27.6% voting no “-Voices.

“Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to banned accounts provided they haven’t broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?” Musk tweeted when the poll was released on Wednesday.

“The people have spoken. The amnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk said tweeted on Thursday, with Latin that means“the voice of the people (is) the voice of God.”

“Incitement to violence will result in account suspension. Accounts currently suspended will be slowly activated next week after a manual review to determine if they may be breaking the law or being involved in spam. Twitter will be a forum for the peaceful exchange of opinions,” Musk said tweeted on Friday.

Since taking over the social media platform, Musk has already reinstated a number of accounts. He restored former President Donald Trump’s account after he received a opinion poll This resulted in a slim majority of support for reinstatement, with 51.8% yes votes versus 48.2% no votes. Earlier this year, Musk hinted that if he owned Twitter, he would reinstate Trump.

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal Twitter account, which was suspended in January, was also recently restored.

Musk on Friday agreed with a Twitter account that a tweet the claim that the political right “should start funding more artists, filmmakers and writers instead of politicians and super-PACs”.

musk tweeted“I’m neither conventionally right nor left, but I agree with your point of view. The wake-mind virus has thoroughly permeated entertainment, driving civilization to suicide. There has to be a counter-narrative.”