In January 2021, Donald Trump’s Twitter account was suspendedsince the then owners of the social network considered that the messages of the then US president had a risk of “inciting violence”, in the midst of the assault on the Capitol in Washington, on January 6, 2021.
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“After careful review of recent tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context surrounding them, we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement to violence.“, read in a statement published on the official Twitter blog.
The measure taken by the company was criticized by various sectors, but, above all, by Trump himself, who set regarding creating his own social network: Truth Social.
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Now that Twitter has been taken over by Elon Musk, the tycoon decided to submit the decision to reinstate Trump’s account to a pollin which he stressed that: ‘The voice of the people is the voice of God.’
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For now, to the question: ‘Restore former President Trump: yes or no?‘, most of the votes have been for yes, with 59.5%, while 40.5% of the people who responded to the survey said no.
Musk’s trill was published at a difficult time for the social network, as international media have revealed that many Twitter employees decided to quit before the ultimatum given by the creator of Tesla, in which he demanded that they work long hours for the company or leave their jobs.
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In addition to the massive resignations and layoffs, Elon Musk is also betting on paying for services such as verification, through Twitter Blu, which would be released on November 29 of this year.
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