Twitter won't restore Alex Jones' account, Elon Musk says
Source: CNN
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones wont be returning to Twitter and will remain banned from the platform, according to its new owner, Elon Musk.
Musk declared on Friday that Jones account will not be restored, in spite of some users requests, and spent the weekend defending the decision even as Twitter moved to restore other suspended accounts including that of former President Donald Trump.
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Musk elaborated on his position Sunday evening, citing Bible scripture and his own personal experience with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome to explain his opposition to Jones, who has been ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages for his lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
My firstborn child died in my arms. I felt his last heartbeat, Musk tweeted. I have no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/21/tech/alex-jones-twitter-ban
Ocelot II
(115,673 posts)WA-03 Democrat
(3,040 posts)Elon will have a fair twitter vote and Alex will give him a cut soon.
riversedge
(70,186 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts).
Originally, this was going to be a Jeff Ross "Too Soon" bit. Not his words.
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durablend
(7,460 posts)"To pwn teh libs" and stuff
yaesu
(8,020 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)doesn't want to be named in the lawsuits
JI7
(89,247 posts)uses his platform for.
smb
(3,471 posts)"Thou shalt not approach too near to the world's biggest liability magnet." --Two Corinthians
AllaN01Bear
(18,151 posts)and that action killed ppl.
orangecrush
(19,532 posts)Glad someone else noticed that...
Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)Rightwankers on Twitter have been yarping "Alex Jones is the litmus test" at each other for days now.
Have at him, clowns.
tinrobot
(10,895 posts)I agree Jones should remain off of Twitter, but it seems like Musk's reasoning is rather capricious and personal. Bible verses? Personal anectdotes?
It shouldn't be about his personal feelings or beliefs. He should leave the decisions to a neutral board. Like the one he just fired.
100% ownership. His toy.
Kennah
(14,256 posts)jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)Elon is the king and its all arbitrary based on how he feels. He draws the line at Alex Jones but Trump lies are A-OK as well as Kanye's antisemitism.
SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)Elon is king of twatter.
Polybius
(15,381 posts)Musk is right on this one, I too have no sympathy for those that use the death of children for any types of gains.
chowder66
(9,067 posts)Yet Musk was bullied as a kid so by his own standard he should have no mercy for TFG... but I guess that's a bridge too far since Musk himself became a bully.
Obvious85
(259 posts)It inspires no confidence
ToxMarz
(2,166 posts)to spend it individually reviewing and approving/deny every twitter account. I guess he doesn't actually do much at his other companies except bark at them and insist they be exceptional.
VGNonly
(7,486 posts)but yes to t-rump and Kanye Twitty...
RussBLib
(9,006 posts)Totally arbitrary
Fomenting an insurrection isn't over the line, obviously.
sinkingfeeling
(51,444 posts)patphil
(6,169 posts)You can bet if Muskie saw Alex Jones as someone who could help him down the road, he would have reinstated him.
YoshidaYui
(41,831 posts)Trying to make money to pay all those families back...
keithbvadu2
(36,770 posts)JenniferJuniper
(4,510 posts)That's the only thing he's worried about.
JI7
(89,247 posts)on .
Shipwack
(2,161 posts)... but as far as I know she's the only lefty that got offered a reprieve.
To her credit she is declining the "honor"...
pfitz59
(10,357 posts)Will he rule on every single Twit account?