Elon Musk himself seems surprised by his success. The new owner and head of Twitter started a poll on his personal account on Friday evening about the possible restoration of Donald Trump on the social network with a blue bird. More than 11 million users had reacted to it on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. French time (10:30 a.m. West Coast time). “yes” currently leads by over 52% in this 24-hour online poll. At nine o’clock after the close of votingnowas 47.7%, without knowing exactly what the consequences of these elections will be.
“Interesting to watch this survey.“On Saturday morning, the billionaire tweeted that he was congratulating himself on the rate of votes, nearly a million per hour, overnight. Twitter banned Donald Trump on January 8, 2021, two days after his supporters stormed the Capitol, facing “the risk of further incitement to violence“. Elon Musk then opened the door to the former Republican president’s return on Twitter in May. Such a return would make waves in American society and politics, especially as Donald Trump re-enters the race for the White House in the 2024 presidential election.
The fake billionaire didn’t specify if it was a simple poll for opinion or if he intended to go along with the tweet voting. On Twitter, however, he wrote in Latin: “The voice of the people is the voice of God.” Donald Trump, who liked to use Twitter as a mouthpiece, was followed by more than 88 million subscribers.
The accounts were restored on Friday
“New Twitter Policy Is Freedom of Speech, Not Freedom of Reach” public, explained Elon Musk in his Twitter microblog. “Negative or hateful tweets will be taken down and de-monetized, so there will be no recurring advertising or other revenue for Twitter. You won’t find these tweets unless you specifically look for them, which is no different than the rest of the web.”, he added. Twitter appeared to be plunged into an unprecedented crisis on Friday when hundreds of the group’s employees, who survived the first wave of mass layoffs two weeks ago, decided to walk away in response to an ultimatum from the multibillionaire.
Elon Musk is also facing concerns and criticism from advertisers, analysts and elected officials after multiple controversial decisions and positions on the critical topic of content moderation. The accounts he reinstated on Friday — Kathy Griffin, Jordan Peterson and Babylon B — are close to the American left or right. Comedian Kathy Griffin, who had two million subscribers, was suspended from the platform last week, along with other internet users who had changed their username.Elon Muskmock the new boss. He also replaced his profile picture with that of a billionaire.
The influence of Elon Musk’s ex-wife
“Twitter accounts impersonating someone else without clearly stating that it’s a parody will be permanently suspended.”, said Elon Musk. Accused of standing up for free speech, except when he’s the target of jokes, he also mocked Kathy Griffin, tweeting: “He was actually disqualified for posing as a comedian”.
“Bee of Babylonis a conservative-leaning American satire website that was suspended from Twitter in March for violating its hate speech rules after tweeting about Rachel Levin, a transgender pediatrician in the Joe Biden administration. According to Bloomberg, Elon Musk’s ex-wife Talulah Riley protested Babylon Bee’s suspension in the spring before he announced his plan to acquire the social network, texted him and tricked him into buying Twitter to delete or return it. for. “Radically pro-freedom of expression”.
Source: Le Figaro
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