X owner Elon Musk responded to InfoWars founder Alex Jones’ interview with Tucker Carlson by stating that he is open to the idea of welcoming Jones back to the platform. Jones was permanently banned from what was then known as Twitter in 2018.
“Think about how much letting Alex Jones BACK on X would make the machine rage,” wrote political commentator The Quartering in an X post Thursday. Musk, who was tagged in the post, replied by saying that he would “consider” allowing Jones to have his account back.
“In general, since this platform aspires to be the global town square, permanent bans should be extremely rare,” Musk wrote. “Also, if he does say something false on this platform, then Community Notes will correct him, whereas that would not be the case elsewhere.”
Will consider. In general, since this platform aspires to be the global town square, permanent bans should be extremely rare.
Also, if he does say something false on this platform, then @CommunityNotes will correct him, whereas that would not be the case elsewhere.
Let’s hold…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 7, 2023
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