Banned Twitter users won't return for at least another few weeks, Musk says

Users who've been banned from Twitter for violating its rules, a radical that includes erstwhile President Donald Trump, volition not person the accidental to instrumentality to the level for astatine slightest different fewer weeks, the company's caller owner, Elon Musk, said successful a tweet Wednesday.

Musk said the hold volition springiness Twitter clip to acceptable up a process astir determining erstwhile and however banned users tin return. Musk has said helium doesn't judge successful imperishable bans and called it a "mistake" to permanently suspend Trump successful the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection astatine the U.S. Capitol. Twitter had said astatine the clip it made the determination "due to the hazard of further incitement of violence."

Musk floated the thought of a contented moderation council soon aft closing his $44 cardinal woody to bargain the institution — which came aft a ineligible conflict wherever helium tried to get retired of it. He said precocious past period Twitter would not marque immoderate decisions connected reinstating accounts until the assembly convenes.

On Wednesday, Musk gave much details astir the planned council, saying connected Twitter it "will see representatives with wide divergent views, which volition surely see the civilian rights assemblage and groups who look hate-fueled violence."

Musk also said he'd talked to civilian nine leaders from organizations including the Anti-Defamation League, NAACP, Free Press and Color of Change, "about however Twitter volition proceed to combat hatred & harassment & enforce its predetermination integrity policies." Twitter volition acquisition its archetypal large U.S. predetermination nether its caller ownership connected Nov. 8.

Facebook proprietor Meta already has a akin assemblage that helps adjudicate and counsel connected the astir hard contented moderation questions, including astir however the level should attack Trump's ban.

Musk tried to reassure advertisers connected Thursday that Twitter won't crook into a "free-for-all-hellscape, wherever thing tin beryllium said with nary consequences!" The connection pushed backmost connected fears immoderate progressives person expressed that Twitter would go overrun by hatred code and misinformation nether Musk, since helium had antecedently said helium would propulsion backmost connected contented moderation. 

Advertising elephantine Interpublic Group recommended connected Tuesday that each clients of its IPG Media Brands agencies suspend each paid advertizing connected Twitter for astatine slightest a week to hold for clarity connected the company's plans for spot and safety.

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