Elon Musk offers general amnesty to suspended Twitter accounts

[brooklynite]

Source: The Guardian

Elon Musk has announced a general amnesty for suspended Twitter accounts in a move that brought a warning that “superspreaders of hate” will return to the social media platform.

Twitter’s new owner said an amnesty for blocked users would begin next week after a majority of votes in a poll on his account backed the move. Accounts suspended on Twitter include Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon, rightwing UK commentator Katie Hopkins and David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard.

Musk had launched a poll on Wednesday asking if a general amnesty should be offered to accounts provided they have not “broken the law or engaged in egregious spam”. Musk did not specify which laws he meant. More than 3.1m votes were recorded by the poll, with 72% in favour of an amnesty.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/24/elon-musk-offers-general-amnesty-to-suspended-twitter-accounts

[msongs]

1. and we'll see them all right here soon enuff nt

[oioioi]

10. It's time to stop twitter linking here.

[progree]

2. Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything -Joseph Stalin

More than 3.1m votes were recorded by the poll, with 72% in favour of an amnesty.

Google says:

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili)

whew

[RainCaster]

3. That won't bring back the paying customers

The 50+ companies that once has large advertising budgets.

[Roy Rolling]

5. Advertisers aren't impressed

Deplorables have no money. Sell Twitter, Elon. Before your $44 billion goes to zero.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Admit more convicts has never been a viable business model

And what of his bogus poll? When the creeps go haywire in the real world from the cray-cray in cyberspace, did Eloon exercise due diligence, or negligence?

[SouthernDem4ever]

11. It doesn't matter. He owns it, he can burn it down.

He can use it to lie, cheat and steal if he wants. He can make it all rightwing asshole nazis if he wants.
It's up to us to remember not to give that system any credence. I only visit it occasionally for the cute animal videos. Once those are gone, I won't go there at all.

[paleotn]

7. Causing even more advertisers to leave.

Is he really this stupid or was killing Twitter the plan all along? I'd think the former, given that investors generally want their money back, but I'm conflicted. How can anyone be this fucking stupid?

[PerceptionManagement]

8. Still need a traceable phone number :-(

[live love laugh]

12. Sign of desperation.