Musk Reinstates Trump’s Twitter Account After Poll

November 20, 2022 Donald Trump, Social Media

The Guardian reports:

Elon Musk has announced the reinstatement of Donald Trump’s Twitter account after users on the social media platform voted by a slim majority to lift a ban on the former US president.

Trump’s account was suspended in 2021 after the 6 January Capitol riot for violating Twitter guidelines and the risk of “further incitement of violence”. Musk, Twitter’s new owner, announced the move after a poll on his own account, in which more than 15 million votes were cast, with 51.8% in favor of reinstatement.

During the poll, Musk acknowledged that the vote numbers were being affected by automated “bots”, which are not operated by people, and suggested there was a need to “clean up” Twitter polls from being influenced by “bot and troll armies”.

Fox News reports:



Donald Trump has been officially reinstated to Twitter but on Saturday afternoon the former president cast doubt that he would return to the platform.

Trump posted on Truth Social, a social media service he has used since receiving a lifetime ban on Twitter in January 2021, that he would not be switching back over. “Vote now with positivity, but don’t worry, we aren’t going anywhere. Truth Social is special!” he posted.

Trump’s handle @realDonaldTrump has been activated and users on Twitter are able to tag him in posts. As of Saturday evening, there were no new tweets. Trump told Fox News Digital in April that he would not be returning to Twitter, even if he were to be eventually reinstated.

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