DONALD TRUMP AND KANYE WEST ACCOUNTS REACTIVATED ON TWITTER

The new boss of Twitter, Elon Musk, has reactivated the accounts of Donald Trump and Kanye West, two personalities banned from the social network for the content deemed dangerous in their tweets.

In fact, 51.8% of tweeters were in favor of Donald Trump's return to the social network, according to a survey launched on Elon Musk's account and to which 15 million followers responded.

The poll he had launched on his personal page about Donald Trump was called "Vox populi, vox dei". The new boss of Twitter, visibly attached to direct democracy, has therefore reactivated the official account of Donald J. Trump. The former president of the United States had been banned from Twitter by the previous team, after the Capitol riots, which occurred on January 6, 2021.

Within hours, Donald Trump's account was followed by three million people. The network has since restored the original subscriber count of the predict, close to 88 million.

The ex-president of the United States is not the only one to have been rehabilitated by Musk. Kanye West, also suspended following anti-Semitic remarks, has returned to the social network. His first message “Shalom: )”, or “Peace” in Hebrew.

Donald Trump has said he will stay on Truth Social, his own network. He had, however, encouraged his Truth followers to participate in Musk's poll.

He added, about the boss of Tesla: "He's a hell of a character and I like the sacred characters".




Sandra Stac for DayNewsWorld