Elon Musk reinstates ``America's leading conspiracy theorist'' Alex Jones's X account, poll shows over 70% support reinstating the account



The X (formerly Twitter) account of Alex Jones, a far-right conspiracy theorist and radio show host who has been described as `` America's leading conspiracy theorist, '' has been revived.

Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-x-account-elon-musk-90cfc990631dec5e8f337167fbe16372



Elon Musk says X will reinstate Alex Jones's account after poll of users | X | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/10/elon-musk-says-x-will-reinstate-alex-jones-account-after-poll-of-users

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones reinstated on X after Musk poll | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-poll-shows-x-users-want-us-conspiracy-theorist-jones-account-back-2023-12-10/

Elon Musk restores account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on X - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/10/elon-musk-alex-jones-x-account/

Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Is Back on Twitter | PCMag
https://www.pcmag.com/news/alex-jones-is-back-on-twitter

Mr. Jones' account was suspended in 2018 for violating the old Twitter code of conduct. This freezing action came after platforms such as Apple, YouTube, and Facebook banned Mr. Jones' account, stating that ``the content posted by Mr. Jones violates community standards.''

However, on December 10, 2023, Mr. Musk conducted a survey asking whether to unfreeze Mr. Jones' X account. The results of the survey showed that 70.1% were in favor and 29.9% were against, with the majority supporting the lifting of the freeze.




In response to the results of this survey, Mr. Mask posted, ``It will be as you said,'' and promised to unfreeze Mr. Jones' account.




When Mr. Musk acquired X, he conducted a survey asking whether ``should we grant amnesty to frozen accounts?'' and revived a large number of frozen accounts. Along with this, Mr. Musk is relaxing the freezing criteria for X.

Twitter led by Elon Musk unfreezes more than 60,000 people ``Big Bang'' - GIGAZINE



It was pointed out that the accounts that were frozen by the old Twitter had been involved in hate speech, abuse, harassment, election interference, etc., and that unfreezing could have a negative impact on the platform. It has also been pointed out that some journalists' accounts remained frozen even after Mr. Musk declared a large-scale lifting of the freeze.

Even after Elon Musk declared the freeze to be lifted, the journalist's account remains unusable until he deletes a specific tweet - GIGAZINE



Musk reposted a post that said, ``If we remove all conspiracy theorists from the internet, media outlets like CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and MSNBC will be the first to be removed.'' ” is mentioned.




On the other hand, Mr. Musk also posted, ``Community Notes will quickly respond to posts by Alex Jones that require correction,'' promising to respond quickly to Mr. Jones' conspiracy theories. Did.




In addition, Mr. Jones promoted a conspiracy theory regarding the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting incident , which stated that ``the government reported a fictitious shooting incident in order to take away guns from Americans.'' The families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting incident, outraged by this conspiracy theory, are suing Mr. Jones, and he has been ordered to pay $1.5 billion (approximately 220 billion yen) in damages.

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