After letting us know that he's done with his moderation council myth, he's put up a new poll asking users if he should allow suspended accounts back onto the site. He asked if there would be a general amnesty for suspended accounts if they hadn't broken the law. The users were given 24 hours to vote, and so far they are voting in favor of the proposal.
Musk ran a poll asking if he should allow Trump to return to the site, with the "yes" responses winning out by a small margin. It is too early to tell how the general poll will shake out.
After taking ownership of the company, Musk said that a council would be set up to make decisions on who could return to the platform. It seems that Musk is willing to make changes based on his own opinion after the idea was binned. It is difficult to comprehend how big of a change rolling back a decade of moderation decisions is.
There is no information on when this change will happen, if it happens at all. It shouldn't matter if the site is filled with bad actors according to his vision. He wants to be invisible unless you actually seek them out. The trust and safety teams were hit hard by the layoffs. We have seen some ways that can be abused and it is currently not out.
There have been some exceptions to Musk's free speech policies. He stated that Alex Jones wouldn't be allowed on the platform. We would like to know more about how the general amnesty would work, but it doesn't have a communications team anymore.
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