Twitter won't restore Alex Jones' account, Elon Musk says
Source: CNN
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones wont be returning to Twitter and will remain banned from the platform, according to its new owner, Elon Musk.
Musk declared on Friday that Jones account will not be restored, in spite of some users requests, and spent the weekend defending the decision even as Twitter moved to restore other suspended accounts including that of former President Donald Trump.
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Musk elaborated on his position Sunday evening, citing Bible scripture and his own personal experience with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome to explain his opposition to Jones, who has been ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages for his lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
My firstborn child died in my arms. I felt his last heartbeat, Musk tweeted. I have no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/21/tech/alex-jones-twitter-ban
Ocelot II
(115,735 posts)WA-03 Democrat
(3,050 posts)Elon will have a fair twitter vote and Alex will give him a cut soon.
riversedge
(70,242 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts).
Originally, this was going to be a Jeff Ross "Too Soon" bit. Not his words.
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durablend
(7,460 posts)"To pwn teh libs" and stuff
yaesu
(8,020 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)doesn't want to be named in the lawsuits
JI7
(89,252 posts)uses his platform for.
smb
(3,473 posts)"Thou shalt not approach too near to the world's biggest liability magnet." --Two Corinthians
AllaN01Bear
(18,261 posts)and that action killed ppl.
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)Glad someone else noticed that...
Grokenstein
(5,725 posts)Rightwankers on Twitter have been yarping "Alex Jones is the litmus test" at each other for days now.
Have at him, clowns.
tinrobot
(10,903 posts)I agree Jones should remain off of Twitter, but it seems like Musk's reasoning is rather capricious and personal. Bible verses? Personal anectdotes?
It shouldn't be about his personal feelings or beliefs. He should leave the decisions to a neutral board. Like the one he just fired.
100% ownership. His toy.
Kennah
(14,276 posts)jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)Elon is the king and its all arbitrary based on how he feels. He draws the line at Alex Jones but Trump lies are A-OK as well as Kanye's antisemitism.
SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)Elon is king of twatter.
Polybius
(15,437 posts)Musk is right on this one, I too have no sympathy for those that use the death of children for any types of gains.
chowder66
(9,073 posts)Yet Musk was bullied as a kid so by his own standard he should have no mercy for TFG... but I guess that's a bridge too far since Musk himself became a bully.
Obvious85
(259 posts)It inspires no confidence
ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)to spend it individually reviewing and approving/deny every twitter account. I guess he doesn't actually do much at his other companies except bark at them and insist they be exceptional.
VGNonly
(7,495 posts)but yes to t-rump and Kanye Twitty...
RussBLib
(9,020 posts)Totally arbitrary
Fomenting an insurrection isn't over the line, obviously.
sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)patphil
(6,182 posts)You can bet if Muskie saw Alex Jones as someone who could help him down the road, he would have reinstated him.
YoshidaYui
(41,832 posts)Trying to make money to pay all those families back...
keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)JenniferJuniper
(4,512 posts)That's the only thing he's worried about.
JI7
(89,252 posts)on .
Shipwack
(2,164 posts)... but as far as I know she's the only lefty that got offered a reprieve.
To her credit she is declining the "honor"...
pfitz59
(10,381 posts)Will he rule on every single Twit account?