by James Murphy, The New American:
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is reportedly considering allowing Alex Jones, the bombastic host of InfoWars, back onto X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Jones appeared on former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s show, which was shown on X on Thursday, prompting calls for Jones’ return to the platform.
In a video posted on Thursday, Jones requested that Musk watch the interview and consider letting him back on the platform.
In the interview, Jones made some shocking claims — for instance, saying that one day soon he might “disappear like Obi-Wan Kenobi.”
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“The more they throw against me, the more support I get, and it’s really become a historic battle,” Jones told Carlson. “If I’m completely banned and defanged and shut down and can’t operate, only then would I try to evacuate somewhere to try to keep my show on the air. But… once they disrupt and shut down something, it’s very hard to restart it.”
Getting back on X might make it more difficult for the “they” Jones is referencing to completely remove his voice.
Jones and InfoWars were removed from Twitter in 2018 when the platform concluded, at that time, that he was exhibiting “abusive behavior” on the platform. Twitter had lagged behind other tech giants such as Facebook, Spotify, and Instagram, which had removed Jones a month earlier in response to complaints by leftists.
The X user ALX posted a poll on the platform on December 7 asking simply, “Should Alex Jones (@realAlexJones) be reinstated to X?” With numbers running over 90 percent in favor of Jones’ return, ALX posted, “The people have spoken. It’s time to reinstate @RealAlexJones Vox Populi, Vox Dei.”
Musk would later answer with a poll of his own. “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 a poll.”
Currently, that poll is running more than two-to-one in favor of returning Jones to the platform.
Reinstate Alex Jones on this platform?
Vox Populi, Vox Dei.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2023
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