Musk plans to end lifetime Twitter bans

[dalton99a]

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3709000-musk-to-plans-to-end-lifetime-twitter-bans/

Musk plans to end lifetime Twitter bans
by Chloe Folmar - 10/28/22 7:51 AM ET

Twitter owner Elon Musk plans to end lifetime bans on the platform as he steps into the role of CEO at his newly acquired company.

Musk, who closed his $44 billion deal with Twitter on Thursday, does not believe in lifelong prohibitions from social media sites, an anonymous source told Bloomberg.

Musk’s stance means that users who previously received lifetime bans from the platform — including former President Trump — may be allowed to return to Twitter at some point in the future.

Trump was banned from Twitter for posts that the company’s leadership said incited violence on Jan. 6 of last year.

Critics of Musk have speculated that his takeover of Twitter might result in Trump’s return to the social media platform due to the Tesla CEO’s emphasis on the importance of free speech.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/26/technology/elon-musk-geopolitics-china-ukraine.html

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[ck4829]

1. I received a ban for tweeting #TougherThanMichaelFlynn. I wonder if that will be reversed.

But... 'different', I am sure.

[Aviation Pro]

2. So, if I open a Twatter account

Can I call Mollusk a motherfucker and not be blocked or banned?

[HAB911]

3. I think we are about to find out

things are getting nasty already as a stress test

[Aviation Pro]

5. Mollusk is up early this morning

Working his fucking troll magic.

[Calista241]

9. He may block you if you're sufficiently offensive, but there are plenty of people already tossing

some pretty creative insults at Musk already, and I don't think any have been banned.

Musk can't be arbitrary about his rules enforcement and expect to retain his advertisers. Advertisers count on consistency of rules, predictability, and clear guidelines about what will garner an enforcement action or not. If he start willy nilly banning some people and letting other skate, advertisers will be forced to re-evaluate their spend.

[Zambero]

4. Let the shit show begin

Watch for TFG to re-emerge as the cyber-degenerate equivalent of Freddy Krueger: "I'M BAAAAACK!!!"

[2naSalit]

11. +1

[Johnny2X2X]

6. He's an idiot

Does he realize that there are people banned for literally using Twitter to commit crimes.

[JohnSJ]

7. Does that mean David Duke, Donald Trump, and all the other racist, sexists, bigots, insurrectionists

etc. will be given free rein to spew their filth, unfettered?

If so, there are plenty of extremist places that all ready allow that, which makes twitter just another extremist site.

We already have right wing talk radio controlling 90% of the airwaves, along with Murdoch and other right wing propagandists dominating the market since the communication act of 1996.

[dalton99a]

8. .

[TiredGenXFemme]

10. Republicans are using Ye.

Ye has admitted his own mental illness and how he goes off the rails when off meds. The right is using a man's mental illness to score political points. That's what garbage people do.

[moose65]

12. I guess we will see

Even Musk has a threshold. No site will allow truly unfettered free speech, because that would give trolls a platform to say any racist, sexist, homophobic thing they want. Also, true “free speech” would allow anyone to lie about anything, or threaten people, or plan crimes. Is that really what Musk wants?

I have a Twitter account but I rarely check it. I still don’t really “get” Twitter.

[Autumn]

13. What an idiot. Spending 44 billion to give the fat orange fuck a platform to

spew bullshit.