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| The return of the dangerous shyster. |
The controversial conspiracy theorist is allowed on X after seven years of being banned for promoting misinformation, racism and encouraging violence.
I bet his ex-wife is going to react to it.
Musk decides to bring back Alex Jones, the controversial far right extremist who promotes conspiracy theories and openly encourages violence.
Linda Yaccarino is likely on her way out. She can't control this platform and the leadership of a borderline autistic billionaire is frustrating. The billionaire basically is killing X on purpose.
The decision to reinstate Jones on X comes as President Joe Biden is losing support due to his backing of Israel. He has practically turned off Arab Americans, Muslims, young voters and swing voters with his reckless decision to allow Israel to completely force a genocide on Palestinians. And for what?
Allegations of terrorism on Oct. 7 versus the 75 years of military occupation and apartheid by Israel. Biden is taking the side of a neo fascist government and falsely equating anti-Zionism with anti-semitism.
Jones will certainly flare up conspiracy theories about Hunter Biden, Jan. 6, his ex-wife and Biden's age. His lies will leak into the mainstream and force Democrats on the defense.
Donald J. Trump who is facing lawsuits, indictments and other controversies was reinstated by Musk. X has reinstated Ye, Laura Loomer, Brian and Ed Krassenstein, James O'Keefe and numerous other extremists. Jones back on X will certainly help the embattled former president.
Trump is a flawed candidate as well as Biden. It seems the two may face off again.
It poses new uncertainty for advertisers, who have fled X over concerns about hate speech appearing alongside their ads, and is the latest divisive public personality to get back their banned account.
Musk posted a poll on Saturday asking if Jones should be reinstated, with the results showing 70% of those who responded in favor. Early Sunday, Musk tweeted, "The people have spoken and so it shall be."
A few hours later, Jones' posts were visible again — the last one from 2018, when the company permanently banned him and his Infowars show for abusive behavior.
Musk, who has described himself as a free speech absolutist, said the move was about protecting those rights. In response to a user who posted that "permanent account bans are antithetical to free speech," Musk wrote, "I find it hard to disagree with this point."
The billionaire Tesla CEO also tweeted it's likely that Community Notes — X's crowd-sourced fact-checking service — "will respond rapidly to any AJ post that needs correction."
It is a major turnaround for Musk, who previously said he wouldn't let Jones back on the platform despite repeated calls to do so. Last year, Musk pointed to the death of his first-born child and tweeted, "I have no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame."
Jones repeatedly has said on his show that the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 20 children and six educators never happened and was staged in an effort to tighten gun laws.
Relatives of many of the victims sued Jones in Connecticut and Texas, winning nearly $1.5 billion in judgments against him. In October, a judge ruled that Jones could not use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billon of that debt.
Musk has threatened to ban folks who say "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."
When Musk went to Israel, he made a deal with the government to stifle Pro-Palestinian protests online and force shadow bans of content showing Israel committing war crimes.
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