Donald Trump is back on Twitter. Or at least, his account has been reinstated by Elon Musk.
Musk, who recently bought the social media platform for 44bn 37bn), initiated a poll on reinstating the former US president’s account. Trump was suspended in 2021 over the risk of incitement of violence, in the days that followed the storming of the US Capitol. And not just from Twitter: his Facebook,
Instagram and YouTube accounts were also suspended. After more than 15 million votes, it emerged that 51.8 per cent of those who had taken part in the Twitter poll had voted to restore Trump’s account.
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