Twitter’s new chief Elon Musk announced Thursday that he will reinstate suspended accounts on the platform starting next week. “provided they don’t break the law or send outrageous spam”. Asked whether Twitter should offer a “Widespread amnesty for suspended accounts as long as they haven’t broken the law or sent egregious spam.”72.4% of approximately 3.16 million people said “yes”.
“The people have spoken“tweeted Elon Musk, who published a poll on his network on Wednesday, after which the majority appeared in favor of the measure. “The amnesty will start next week.”he added a few days after doing the same on behalf of Donald Trump.
With this same expression, on Saturday, he restored the account of former American President Donald Trump, which was banned on the social network after the attack on the Capitol in Washington in January 2021. This decision was made by the head of Tesla and SpaceX. Following a similar consultation on the bluebird network, a fuzzy representativeness method. A narrow majority of 15 million voters (51.8%) voted in favor of the return of the Republican billionaire, who has not tweeted since restoring his account.
Elon Musk has repeatedly explained that he bought Twitter because he believes the platform is “Digital Public Square” essential for democracy in the world. The world’s richest man sees content moderation as too restrictive, but his absolute vision of freedom of expression raises fears of an increase in abuse (misinformation, hate speech) on the social network. Many brands have already stopped spending on advertising on Twitter, which is 90% dependent on it for revenue.
Source: Le Figaro
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