Elon Musk made headlines late Thursday night, October 27, when he completed the takeover of social media giant Twitter. Musk, the richest man on earth, followed the acquisition by sacking several of Twitter’s top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal and head of legal, policy, and trust, Vijaya Gadde.
The 51-year-old has maintained his stance since earlier this year that he will be making several changes to the existing policies of Twitter. Following his acquisition of the company, Musk announced that the entity will be creating a content moderation council which will have “widely diverse viewpoints.”
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He also went on to make a subsequent tweet, saying that he is yet to make any changes to the existing content moderation policies of Twitter.
“To be super clear, we have not yet made any changes to Twitter’s content moderation policies,” he wrote.
Musk had earlier indicated that under new leadership, Twitter will be reinstating several banned accounts, however, said that it will not take place before the content moderation council convenes.
“Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints,” Musk tweeted late Friday night, October 28.
“No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes,” the new Twitter boss added.
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Since Elon Musk completed his Twitter takeover, rumours of Twitter reinstating former US President Donald Trump have gone viral. Trump was banned from Twitter for life on January 8, 2021. Ousted head of legal, policy, and trust, Vijaya Gadde, reportedly decided to ban Donald Trump from the mini-blogging site, resulting in the former US President creating a similar platform named Truth Social.
While rumours of Musk reinstating Trump’s Twitter account have become widespread, the existing relationship between the two has reportedly soured since the latter lost the 2020 presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden.