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RandySF

(84,444 posts)
Thu Nov 24, 2022, 04:52 PM Nov 2022

'Opening the gates of hell': Musk says he will revive banned accounts

Elon Musk plans to reinstate nearly all previously banned Twitter accounts — to the alarm of activists and online trust and safety experts.

After posting a Twitter poll asking, “Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?” in which 72.4 percent of the respondents voted yes, Musk declared, “Amnesty begins next week.”

The Twitter CEO did not respond Thursday to a request for comment from The Post. The poll garnered more than 3 million votes.

The mass return of users who had been banned for such offenses as violent threats, harassment, abuse and misinformation would have a significant impact on the platform, experts said. And many questioned how such a resurrection would be handled, given that it’s unclear what Musk means by “egregious spam” and the difficulty of separating out users who have “broken the law,” which vary widely by jurisdiction and country.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/24/twitter-musk-reverses-suspensions/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wp_main

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'Opening the gates of hell': Musk says he will revive banned accounts (Original Post) RandySF Nov 2022 OP
I'm gone from that platform. Forever. COL Mustard Nov 2022 #1
Well... Mike Nelson Nov 2022 #2
Staying on Twitter makes users complicit Fullduplexxx Nov 2022 #3
What could possibly go wrong? Initech Nov 2022 #4
"... in which 72.4 percent of the respondents voted yes...." area51 Nov 2022 #5
Kick dalton99a Nov 2022 #6

COL Mustard

(8,245 posts)
1. I'm gone from that platform. Forever.
Thu Nov 24, 2022, 04:57 PM
Nov 2022

Didn't do much on it, mostly monitored some accounts. But I'm gone and will never be back. Bye Eloon.

Mike Nelson

(10,943 posts)
2. Well...
Thu Nov 24, 2022, 04:58 PM
Nov 2022

... he let someone who plotted the overturning of the US government, and people died. So, he should let every offender back on Twitter, to be fair.

Initech

(108,815 posts)
4. What could possibly go wrong?
Fri Nov 25, 2022, 12:45 AM
Nov 2022

This will definitely annihilate whatever advertisers Twitter had left.

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