Musk called the ban \u0027morally wrong and flat\u002Dout stupid,\u0027 and said it did not silence Trump, but amplified him among his base
Musk, who has called himself a “free speech absolutist,” recently inked a US$44-billion deal to acquire the social media platform.
The decision to ban Trump from Twitter did not silence the former president’s voice, but rather amplified his views among people on the political right, Musk said, calling the ban “morally wrong and flat-out stupid.” Musk added that he had spoken to Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who agreed the platform should not have “permabans” on users that violate its content policies, the Financial Times reported.
Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter shortly after the Jan. 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol. Twitter cited “the risk of further incitement of violence” in its decision.He has also launched his own social media platform, Truth Social. However, some suggest that he might not be able to resist returning to Twitter.
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