Elon Musk says he would end Twitter's permanent Trump ban – MSNBC News

Elon Musk said Tuesday that he would end Twitter’s permanent ban of former President Donald Tump after his purchase of the social media platform is complete. Twitter implemented the ban days after the Jan. 6 attack “due to the risk of further incitement of violence” by Trump.“I do think that it was not correct to ban Donald Trump,” Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla, told The Financial Times, adding: “I would reverse the permanent ban.”“Banning Trump from Twitter didn’t end Trump’s voice,” he continued. “It will amplify it among the right. This is why it’s morally wrong and flat up stupid.”Musk, who is expected to serve as temporary CEO of Twitter once his $44 billion bid goes through, said the company should delete or make “invisible” tweets that are “wrong” and “bad.” He said he supports temporary suspensions but “not a permanent ban.”As he’s been prone to do, Musk is couching Twitter’s moderation policies in the conservative movement’s terms. While it’s convenient for Musk — a prominent Twitter troll himself — to claim the company’s ban was censorship designed to “end” Trump’s voice and stop tweets that were simply “bad,” that’s not actually true. The ban, according to Twitter, sought to…
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