Days after a poll reinstated Donald Trump’s account, Twitter’s new owner and CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday launched another poll asking people whether the social media platform should offer a general amnesty for suspended accounts. should be offered. “Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided they haven’t broken the law or engaged in serious spam?” Musk asked in a tweet.
The Twitter chief’s survey comes just days after former US President Donald Trump’s account was restored on the social media platform. Twitter suspended Trump’s account two days after the mob stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Musk started a poll on November 19 asking people whether Trump’s account should be reinstated. A day later he announced that the account would be restored as 51.8 per cent were in favor of it. More than 15 million people took part in that survey.
The Tesla chief bought Twitter in a $44 billion deal after a series of back-and-forths. Soon after taking charge, he fired the top leadership including CEO Parag Agarwal.
Kasturi, who calls himself a free speech despot, said in a letter that he acquired Twitter because it is important for the future of civilization to have a common digital town square where a wide range of beliefs can be discussed in a healthy environment. Can be debated. manner, without resorting to violence. He claimed that he is buying Twitter not to make more money but to help humanity.
However, Musk said: “Twitter clearly cannot become a hellscape for everyone, where anything can be said without consequence!”.
Besides following the laws of the land, he said, Twitter should be warm and welcoming to everyone, “where you can choose your desired experience according to your preferences, like you can choose, for example, to watch movies or Video games for all ages to mature to play”.
