Elon Musk says X will reinstate Alex Jones’s account after poll of users
by Reuters from Technology | The Guardian on (#6H1BG)
Rightwing conspiracy theorist was banned from platform in 2018, but could be back after 2m votes cast
The social media platform X will reinstate the account of the US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after a poll of the site's users backed his return, its owner, Elon Musk, has said.
The people have spoken and so it shall be," Musk posted in reply to a poll on Saturday on whether to reinstate the Jones account. Close to 2m votes were cast by the time the poll closed, with about 70% voting in favour of Jones's return.
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