Former US president Donald Trump speaks at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 15 2022. Picture: BLOOMBERG/EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI
Banned almost two years ago for using it to incite violence, new owner Elon Musk organised a poll, to which slightly more than 15-million Twitter users responded. Just over half — 51.8% — voted in favour of reinstatement.Trump’s Twitter account, which had more than 88-million followers before he was banned on January 8 2021, began accumulating followers and had nearly 100,000 followers by 10pm on Saturday.
Last week Musk reinstated comedian Kathy Griffin, who was banned for changing her profile name to “Elon Musk” which violated his new rule against impersonation without indicating it was a parody account. There has been no new information about the process or a promised moderation council.
Cool. Now deactivate his account for good. elonmusk