Source: Elon Musk Plans To End All Lifetime Twitter Bans
Source: Elon Musk Plans To End All Lifetime Twitter Bans
Elon Musk, the new owner and CEO of Twitter, will likely lift a number of lifetime bans that have been issued by the social media site, he says.
In a tweet posted Friday, Musk reveals plans to form a committee that will review banned users for possible reinstatement. “Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints,” he writes. “No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.”
Musk’s tweet comes just hours after Bloomberg News, quoting “a person familiar with the situation,” reported Musk plans on lifting all lifetime bans — including one issued against former President Donald Trump — in an effort to promote free speech.
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Source: Elon Musk Plans To End All Lifetime Twitter Bans
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Twitter Sold To Elon Musk: Twitter Reacts
Elon Musk struck a deal on Monday to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion, according to The New York Times. Twitter agreed to sell itself to Mr. Musk for $54.20 a share, a 38 percent premium over the company’s share price this month before he revealed he was the firm’s single largest shareholder. Musk has said that he plans to take the company private.
“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Musk said in a statement. He said he wanted “to make Twitter better than ever.”
Before the deal was closed, Musk tweeted, “I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.” It’s noteworthy that Musk has a history of trying to shut down, silence or punish anyone who goes public with criticism of a his projects or practices (Fortune has a lengthy report on that). Musk has also blocked people on Twitter, including 19-year old Jack Sweeny, who created a Twitter bot that tracks Musk’s Gulfstream private jet and posts real-time updates of its location from publicly available data.
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Ransom Garcia is the music director and afternoon host on 1079 Coyote Country. He’s been with the station since 2017, but he’s been on the Las Vegas airwaves since 2003. Although he's Vegas Born AND Raised, Ransom also has on-air duties on sister station Kiss 95.1 in Charlotte, NC. He is also set to be inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame in September of 2024. Ransom writes articles about pop culture, human interests, technology, video games and anything affecting Las Vegas.
