Billionaire Twitter boss Elon Musk has implemented another policy on the social media platform that is sure to anger liberals anew.
On Thursday, Musk announced a blanket amnesty for all suspended Twitter accounts following the results of a poll he posted a day earlier.
He indicated that the company will begin unbanning accounts en mass, save for any user who violated the law or was involved in excessive spamming. The unbanning will begin next week, the Daily Wire reported, citing a Musk tweet in response to the polling results.
Musk has already lifted permanent bans on several users, mostly conservatives, including former President Donald Trump, much to the angst and chagrin of leftist users, many of whom have since bailed from Twitter and found a new home at a platform called “Mastodon.”
The Tesla and SpaceX founder and CEO tweeted a poll on Wednesday asking whether the platform should lift permanent bans on users. “Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?” he asked.
More than three million users voted in the poll, which was overwhelmingly in favor of an amnesty, with more than three-quarters of respondents voting “yes.”
“The people have spoken,” Musk wrote after closing the poll. “Amnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.”
The people have spoken.
Amnesty begins next week.
Vox Populi, Vox Dei.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2022
Before the poll closed, Musk appeared to suggest that the bulk of content moderation on Twitter would be reserved for illegal behavior and other actions that violate the platform’s policies, not on simple speech and viewpoints.
“Please limit content moderation to illegal content (or, at most, a narrow interpretation of moderation under Section 230) and give users the tools that enable the freedom to choose what content they see,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton tweeted in response to the poll.
“That’s the general idea,” Musk replied.
“Please limit content moderation to illegal content (or, at most, a narrow interpretation of moderation under Section 230) and give users the tools that enable the freedom to choose what content they see,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton replied to the poll.
“That’s the general idea,” replied Musk.
“[W]hatever it decides to do, twitter should be clear and consistent about it’s rules and penalties for breaking them, enforcement should be unbiased, and the mechanisms of enforcement shouldn’t be easily abused by people who have an agenda,” DogeCoin creator Billy Markus noted in response to the poll.
The CEO supported what Markus suggested, replying with the “100” and “bullseye” emojis.
Separately, he tweeted that Twitter’s policies and enforcement methods were anything but honest. “The more I learn, the worse it gets,” Musk said. “The world should know the truth of what has been happening at Twitter. Transparency will earn the trust of the people.”
The more I learn, the worse it gets. The world should know the truth of what has been happening at Twitter.
Transparency will earn the trust of the people.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 23, 2022
