Elon Musk’s Twitter restores the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

The Georgia Republican’s reinstatement comes after Musk over the weekend reinstated the account of former President Donald Trump, who was banned within the aftermath of the lethal Jan. 6 riots on the Capitol in 2021. Twitter — on the time — feared there was a threat of additional incitement to violence if Trump had been allowed to stay on the platform. Trump himself has stated he received’t return to Twitter and as of Monday had not tweeted for the reason that reinstatement, though he additionally hasn’t deleted his account.

Musk apparently primarily based his determination to permit Trump again on the location on an unscientific Twitter ballot he posted on his timeline. There seemed to be no such ballot for Greene’s account.

Earlier, Musk stated he wouldn’t make main choices about content material or restoring banned accounts earlier than organising a “ content material moderation council ” with numerous viewpoints. Neither Twitter nor Musk have introduced the existence of such a council. Twitter didn’t reply to a message for touch upon Monday.

Musk has continuously expressed his perception that Twitter had grow to be too restrictive. Earlier than the U.S. midterm elections this month, he urged his “independent-minded” Twitter followers to vote Republican.

One account Musk has stated he received’t permit again on Twitter is that of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was banned in 2018 for abusive conduct.

“My firstborn little one died in my arms. I felt his final heartbeat,” Musk tweeted Sunday in response to requires Jones’ reinstatement. “I’ve no mercy for anybody who would use the deaths of kids for achieve, politics or fame.”

Jones was sued by victims’ households for selling false conspiracy theories in regards to the Sandy Hook college bloodbath. Judgements towards him have totaled $1.44 billion.