US EditionElon Musk says X will reinstate Alex Jones’s account after poll of users
- Elon Musk reinstates Alex Jones's account on X social media platform after a user poll, despite disagreeing with Jones's statements about Sandy Hook.
- Jones, known for spreading false claims about the Sandy Hook shooting, has been removed from other major platforms and is banned from Infowars.
- Musk's decision to bring back Jones received backlash and caused advertisers to suspend their campaigns on X.
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Elon Musk reinstates far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on X
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, reinstated far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on the social media platform, a year after vowing never to let him return. Jones, who claimed that a December 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut that killed 20 children and six educators was a hoax, was banned from the platform — then still known as Twitter — in 2018 for violating its “abusive behaviour policy”. He was also sued by f…
Elon Musk reinstates fascist Alex Jones to Twitter/X
After reinstating the InfoWars publisher, Musk participated in a Twitter Space for over an hour with Jones, Republican politicians, and Trump coup co-conspirators, in which the main topic of discussion centered on a war against the “globalists.”
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KRDOMusk’s X is encouraging people to follow Alex Jones
Conspiratorial posts from Jones’ account appeared Monday in the “For You” feed of some users who do not follow him on X; his account was promoted in some users’ “Who to Follow” recommendations; and his name was promoted in X’s top trending topics section.
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