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dalton99a

(81,599 posts)
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 02:38 PM Nov 2022

Musk: People banned from Twitter won't be restored for weeks

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-elliot-page-business-cb9fdc9788e74cffba4350ccbb6963f8

Musk: People banned from Twitter won’t be restored for weeks
By HALELUYA HADERO

NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk said Wednesday that Twitter will not allow anyone who has been kicked off the site to return until it sets up procedures on how to do that, a process that will take at least a few weeks.

That would mean people banned from the site for violating Twitter’s rules for harassment, violence, or election and COVID-related misinformation will not be able to return before next Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections.

The pledge came after Musk, who took control of the social-media site last week after buying it for $44 billion, said in a tweet that he had met with a handful of civil-society leaders “about how Twitter will continue to combat hate & harassment & enforce its election integrity policies.”

Those attending the meeting Tuesday asked Musk not to restore the banned users ahead of the midterms, said Jessica González, an attorney and co-CEO of the advocacy group Free Press who attended the meeting.

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Musk: People banned from Twitter won't be restored for weeks (Original Post) dalton99a Nov 2022 OP
Didn't Twitter ban more Libs than Cons? Johnny2X2X Nov 2022 #1
Good news, I'll take any small bit of it I can get. If the worst voices aren't able to amplify prior chia Nov 2022 #2
Did he ban himself for the crap he posted about Pelosi? lapfog_1 Nov 2022 #3

Johnny2X2X

(19,118 posts)
1. Didn't Twitter ban more Libs than Cons?
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 02:53 PM
Nov 2022

I thought I read that a few times, that Twitter actually silenced more Liberal voices than Con ones.

chia

(2,244 posts)
2. Good news, I'll take any small bit of it I can get. If the worst voices aren't able to amplify prior
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 03:17 PM
Nov 2022

to the election, it's good enough to be good news for now.

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