Elon Musk Announces Blanket Amnesty for Suspended Twitter Accounts

Twitterโ€™s new boss Elon Musk has announced he is rolling out a blanket amnesty for accounts that were permanently suspended on his recently acquired social media platform.

Earlier this week, Musk ran a poll to ask Twitter users if theyโ€™d support such an amnesty.

โ€œShould Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?โ€ he wrote.

More than three million users voted in the poll, with nearly three-quarters of voters, 72.4%, voting โ€œyes,โ€ while just 27.6% voted โ€œno.โ€

After an overwhelming number of users voted in favor of the idea, Musk announced that he will begin rolling out the amnesty next week.

He revealed that Twitter will begin unbanning accounts en masse, except for those who broke the law or engaged in excessive spam.

โ€œThe people have spoken,โ€ Musk wrote after the poll concluded.

โ€œAmnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.โ€

Musk has already unbanned a number of popular accounts that were permanently suspended before he took over as โ€œChief Twit.โ€

Before the poll ended, Musk seemed to indicate that in effect, the platform would significantly curtail content moderation to target illegal content and increase transparency.

โ€œPlease limit content moderation to illegal content (or, at most, a narrow interpretation of moderation under Section 230) and give users the tools that enable the freedom to choose what content they see,โ€ Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton replied to the poll.

โ€œThatโ€™s the general idea,โ€ Musk replied.

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โ€œ[W]hatever it decides to do, twitter should be clear and consistent about itโ€™s rules and penalties for breaking them, enforcement should be unbiased, and the mechanisms of enforcement shouldnโ€™t be easily abused by people who have an agenda,โ€ Billy Markus, the creator of DogeCoin, replied to the poll.

Musk agreed with Markusโ€™s suggestion, replying with the โ€œ100โ€ and โ€œbullseyeโ€ emojis.

In a separate tweet, Musk indicated that Twitterโ€™s old policies and enforcement methods were dishonest.

โ€œThe more I learn, the worse it gets,โ€ Musk said.

โ€œThe world should know the truth of what has been happening at Twitter.

โ€œTransparency will earn the trust of the people.โ€

Twitterโ€™s blanket amnesty policy is Muskโ€™s latest move in his effort to restore free speech on the social media giant.

Under his leadership, Twitter has already restored the accounts of several high-profile conservative and right-leaning influencers.

The list includes Christian satire site The Babylon Bee;ย  renowned clinical psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson; conservative undercover investigative journalism outfitย Project Veritas; and President Donald Trump.

As Slay News reported, Musk announced earlier this week that he plans to publish all of Twitterโ€™s internal discussions regarding the companyโ€™s decision to block the Hunter Biden laptop story in the run-up to the 2020 election.

โ€œThis is necessary to restore public trust,โ€ he said of the move.

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