Having successfully acquired Twitter after months of legal quagmires, Elon Musk now plans to reverse lifetime bans for Twitter users who were kicked off the platform for various speech infractions.
The tech titan doesn’t believe in barring an individual from the social-media site for life, a source told Bloomberg. Twitter has permanently removed a number of political personalities, many of whom are considered right-wing internet provocateurs or conspiracy theorists. They include Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Project Veritas Founder James O’Keefe, Steve Bannon, Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, and most significantly, former president Trump.
The person with knowledge of Musk’s account reinstatement intentions said it’s unclear whether Trump will be allowed to return to Twitter.
Musk has also decided to clean house in Twitter’s C-suite, firing major executives as the takeover deal was finalized. He himself intends to replace CEO Parag Agrawal on possibly a temporary basis before he passes on the position in the long run, the source told Bloomberg. Members of leadership Musk axed include Vijaya Gadde, the head of legal, policy and trust who made the decision to ban Trump, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and Sean Edgett, general counsel at Twitter.
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