In one of his first acts as the newly minted owner of Twitter, Elon Musk is expected to reinstate users who have received lifetime bans.
The world’s richest man, who signed on the dotted line to purchase the platform for $44 billion on Thursday, will do away with the bans because he does not believe that anyone should be removed from the site for life, a source told Bloomberg News.
A self-described “free speech absolutist,” he previously said he is looking to give users a “timeout” rather than a lifelong ban.
The end of the practice could see the return of some of the top-followed accounts. Below, we take a look at some of the banned users who might get a second chance on the site.
Donald Trump
Former President Donald Trump was booted from Twitter and other large social media platforms after the events at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump was accused of inciting his supporters to riot at the Capitol while Congress was in session to officially certify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.
The former president, who had 88.6 million followers, called the ban “disgusting” before vowing not to return to the platform. Instead, he touted his own social media platform, Truth Social.
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New Twitter owner Musk recently said he would reverse Twitter’s ban on Trump once he got the ball rolling after the takeover.
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