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View all search resultsBanned Twitter accounts will take weeks to reinstate: Musk
Twitter users have been watching closely to see whether Musk will reinstate Trump.
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he road ahead for Twitter remained as murky as ever after new owner Elon Musk said on Wednesday that it could take weeks to reinstate banned accounts – such as that of former United States president Donald Trump.
Twitter users have been watching closely to see whether Musk will reinstate Trump, banned for inciting last year's attack on the Capitol building by a mob seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election, and other deplatformed users.
The potential reinstatement of such accounts banned for violating the site's content moderation rules has been seen as a bellwether of where Musk, a self-described "free speech absolutist," wants to take the site he describes as a global town square.
But on Wednesday the South African billionaire said the wait would have to continue a little while longer.
"Twitter will not allow anyone who was deplatformed for violating Twitter rules back on platform until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks," he tweeted.
That would delay a return of Trump until after crucial Nov. 8 midterm elections in the US, which will determine control of Congress.
Trump, once a prolific tweeter, retains a powerful hold on his Republican Party, and has reopened his 2020 playbook by questioning the integrity of the upcoming election.
