Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday said he is ready to lift the Twitter ban on former US President Donald Trump. Musk gave his opinion while speaking at the Financial Times Future of the Car conference.
BREAKING: @ElonMusk says he would reverse Trump's suspension from Twitter and called the ban "morally wrong" and "flat out stupid." pic.twitter.com/ahRTaO5caV
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 10, 2022
In the interview, Musk termed the Twitter ban on Trump as "morally wrong" and "flat-out stupid." Questioned on Twitter about being bought by Elon Answering a question on the possibility of Trump coming back on Twitter, Musk said, “Donald Trump himself has announced that he will not come back to Twitter as he has his own social media platform. This is the point I am trying to make which perhaps is not getting across. Banning Donald Trump from Twitter did not end Trump's voice. It will amplify it among the right and that's why it was morally wrong and flat-out stupid.”
Musk also asserted that he and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey agree that Permanent bans should be ‘extremely rare’ and restricted to accounts that operate bots or spread spams. Replying to a twitter user's query on Musk's statement, Dorsey said, “It was a business decision, it shouldn't have been. and we should always revisit our decisions and evolve as necessary. I stated in that thread and still believe that permanent bans of individuals are directionally wrong.”
A bit confused. That old thread you posted says you agree with the decision, but regret the circumstances/decisions/etc. that led to that conclusion of a perma ban. Or am I misreading? Or are you saying the decision should have been subsequently revisited?
— Dan Primack (@danprimack) May 10, 2022Advertisement
In 2021, Trump’s twitter account which had over 88 million followers got suspended, following the Capitol hill riots. On tje pretext of eliminating ‘the risk of further incitement of violence’ twitter banned the account of Trump.
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Donald Trump previously told Fox News that he would not return to Twitter post Musk’s takeover of Twitter, instead he would use his own social media app, Truth Social. Trump’s app Truth Social is, however, limited to the iOS users in the United States and Canada.
