Musk offered to unblock Trump on Twitter

Twitter blocked Trump and his associates in January 2021 amid calls for peaceful protests and the storming of the Capitol. The ex-president said that he had lost his freedom of speech.Donald Trump

The eternal blocking of former US President Donald Trump on Twitter was a mistake, said the founder of Space X and Tesla, Elon Musk, who should become the owner of the social network before the end of 2022. He said this at the Financial Times conference.

“I think it was wrong to block Donald Trump. I guess it was a mistake because it alienated a large part of the country's population and ultimately did not result in Donald Trump not having the right to vote. I would override the permanent ban, but I don't own Twitter yet, so it can't be said that it will definitely happen," Musk said.

The entrepreneur called the decision to ban Trump "morally wrong and frankly stupid." He stressed that the social network should use perpetual blocking extremely rarely and only in relation to bot and spam accounts. Otherwise, blocking undermines the credibility of Twitter.” Twitter founder Jack Dorsey agrees with him on this issue, Musk added.

He also called Twitter the best platform for national and international communication and discussions. Its mechanisms must be transparent, and accounts verified so that users understand which tweets deserve attention and which do not, Musk said.

Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion Technology and media

Twitter announced a temporary suspension of Donald Trump's account in January 2021, when he was still President of the United States. This came after the storming of the Capitol on January 6 by his Republican supporters, who were unhappy with the victory of Democrat Joe Biden and trusted Trump's claims of fraud.

Social media moderators initially suppressed Trump's posts calling for peaceful protest, linking the events in Washington to the fact that his election victory was "stolen". On January 9, Twitter suspended Trump's account permanently "due to the risk of further incitement to violence." At that time, he had 89 million subscribers.

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In May, the ex-president called the blocking a "total disgrace" for the United States and said that he had lost his freedom of speech because "radical left-wing fools are afraid of the truth." Together with his associates, he launched his social network Truth.

The Kremlin doubted that Musk will be able to return freedom of speech on Twitter Politics

On April 25 this year, Elon Musk entered into an agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion. By the end of 2022, it must be approved by shareholders and regulators. After that, Twitter will become a private company.

Immediately after the purchase, the Biden administration was concerned that the ex-president and other Republicans might return to Twitter and spread information ahead of the 2024 election, CNBC reported, citing sources.

In turn, Trump refused to return to Twitter, despite the fact that he considers Musk a good person and hopes for a better version of the social network under his leadership.

Twitter has blocked an account for reposts from the new Trump site Politics

On May 7, San Francisco District Judge James Donato dismissed the ex-president's lawsuit against Twitter, where he challenged the blocking of the account. The judge found that the social network did not violate the right to freedom of speech.

He rejected Trump's argument that the social network blocked his account under the "controversial" section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act. It allows IT companies to decide how to moderate content on their platforms, protects them from liability for what their users post.

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