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Elon Musk Reinstates Trump’s Twitter Account - The New York Times

Elon Musk Reinstates Trump’s Twitter Account - The New York Times

Nov 20, 2022 2 mins, 36 secs

Musk, who had asked Twitter users about whether to bring back the former president to the service, said, “The people have spoken.”.

Elon Musk said on Twitter on Saturday that he would reinstate former President Donald J.

Trump to the platform as part of a shake-up of the social media service, with Mr.

Trump’s Twitter account went live shortly after, though the former president’s last tweet was from Jan.

Musk said on Twitter.

Musk and Twitter did not immediately return requests for comment.

He has started his own social network, Truth Social, in which he has a financial stake.

Trump is obligated to make his posts available exclusively on Truth Social for six hours before sharing them on other sites, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Truth Social did not return a request for comment.

Elon Musk has moved quickly to revamp Twitter since he completed his $44 billion buyout of the social media company in October, warning of a bleak financial picture and a need for new products.

Trump’s account back on Twitter.

Trump on Twitter and let him back on the social network.

Late last month, he said that Twitter would form a content moderation council to handle major content decisions on the platform and that he would not make any moves on account reinstatements “before that council convenes.” No council has been formed.

Musk had tweeted that he was allowing some people whose Twitter accounts had been barred, including the comedian Kathy Griffin and the author and psychologist Jordan Peterson, back on to the platform.

Musk, who has spent months complaining about Twitter’s problem with bot accounts, would use a Twitter poll in which bots could be voting to decide the issue and then assume that the result “reflects some kind of legitimate ‘voice of the people.’”.

Trump reverts to the same kind of content that he has been sharing on Truth Social, he could make Twitter a “hotbed of hate, harassment and incitement,” said Joan Donovan, the research director at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, which has studied the proliferation of misinformation.

Trump returned to Twitter, it was also likely to be a boost for his personal brand because he could now reach a far wider and more influential audience, she said.

“The difference between Twitter and Truth Social isn’t just a matter of degree.

Trump simply tweets links to his posts on Truth Social, it would bolster his brand, she said.

“Elon Musk reinstating Donald Trump’s Twitter account is a middle finger to all of mainstream media, woke leftists & Big Tech,” tweeted Steven Crowder, a conservative commentator.

Musk closed his acquisition of Twitter, Mr.

Trump declared himself “very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands.” In a post on Truth Social at the time, Mr.

Trump’s account could further deter Twitter’s advertisers, which provide the bulk of the revenue for the social media company

“Any advertiser still funding Twitter should immediately pause all advertising,” Derrick Johnson, the president of the N.A.A.C.P., said in a statement

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