Elon Musk said on Friday that Twitter plans to restore several controversial accounts that had been banned or suspended previously. However, he also said that the company hasn't decided yet what to do with Donald Trump's account.
The declaration came as a development to a tweet where Musk endeavored to explain what the stage's substance balance strategies are under his initiative.
New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
Negative/hate tweets will be max deboosted & demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter.
You won’t find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from rest of Internet.
"Twitter's new arrangement is opportunity of articulation, not access," Musk tweeted, repeating a methodology that is an industry standard. ""There will be no ads or other revenue for Twitter because hateful or negative tweets will be disseminated to the fullest extent and denied monetization," he added.
Musk said that Jordan Peterson, a controversial Canadian publisher, and Babylon Bee, a right-leaning satirical website, would get their accounts back on Twitter.
He went on to say that Kathy Griffin's account, which was suspended earlier this month for acting like Musk, will also be reinstated.
The billionaire Twitter owner previously stated that he would delay deciding on Trump's account and any other major content-related decisions until a "content moderation board" is established to assist in making decisions. Trump announced his plans to run for president in 2024 two days ago.
The announcement comes as Musk deals with the aftermath of his ultimatum to dozens of Twitter employees this week to commit to "extremely strict" work or leave the company.
Following the staff resignations on Thursday, which included key infrastructure engineers and important roles in finance, user safety, and other business areas, employees' tweets indicated that users and some employees wondered if the platform could fail.
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