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Elon Musk said on Saturday that he would consider allowing right-wing provocateur and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to return to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Mr. Jones was banned from Twitter in 2018 after posting disturbing messages, a month after other tech companies such as Facebook and YouTube suspended his accounts.
Mr. Jones, who was ordered last year to pay $1 billion to the families of the eight victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting after spending years promoting the sentence was a lie, said he hoped Mr. Musk. he said. In an interview with Tucker Carlson that aired on X on Thursday, Mr. Jones often calls users Mr. Musk brings him back on stage.
“I’ve always said, ‘Hey, if you’re a free speech fanatic, bring back Alex Jones,'” Mr. Jones. “I understand that he has to go through a process before doing that.”
On Saturday, Mr. Musk in a user on X said it was time for him to bring back Mr. Jones on stage. “Okay,” Mr. Musk written.
Mr. started Musk held a poll, asking 165 million followers if he should bring back Mr. Jones. It was Saturday evening, but the votes were still coming, many said that Mr. Jones.
Although Mr. Musk and renewed the story of Mr. Jones, the move could further alienate the broadcasters, who have abandoned the platform in much concern over the lack of use of Mr. Musk was able to show their kind with bad things. At the New York Times’s DealBook Summit in November, Mr. Musk the advertisers to use a slander and ask them not to spend on his position.
Since then, X has pursued small businesses and sought their advertising dollars to replace the revenue previously expected from big brands. “If you’re a small business and you have a product idea for us or a new way we can help you better, please share,” said X’s CEO, Linda Yaccarino. posted on Friday.