Elon Musk may be buying Twitter

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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell returns to Twitter after he was permanently banned in 2021 for spreading election misinformation

The new account comes just days after Elon Musk bought the company, a takeover rife with speculation that the billionaire intends to relax moderation.
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And he was banned again.

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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was re-banned from Twitter 3 hours after returning to the platform since his initial ban in 2021

A Twitter spokesperson said the account was banned for violating the ban evasion policy. Lindell was first banned for election misinformation.
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White House officials are letting it be known that they desire Twitter to invite back former President Donald Trump.

Conflicting with earlier reports, the occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. are reportedly warming up to the idea that President Joe Biden might benefit if Elon Musk, should his $44 billion takeover of Twitter be finalized, immediately reverses the ban on Biden's 2020 rival.

Beyond casting the Republican Party as a hostage to right-wing extremists, the "other thing White House officials are cheering for — a number of them told me this over the weekend — that if Elon Musk indeed takes Twitter, they hope the first thing he does is put Donald Trump back on it," Politico's White House bureau chief, Jonathan Lemire, said Monday on MSNBC's Morning Joe.

Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter in the days after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Twitter, joined by other social media platforms in banning Trump, said the decision was made "due to the risk of further incitement of violence."

Biden insiders believe Trump, who had more than 80 million followers on Twitter, would go back to posting inflammatory content, scaring voters away from Republicans at a time when the president is suffering from low poll numbers and the GOP is poised to retake control of the House and quite possibly the Senate, according to Lemire.

"They think that if Trump starts tweeting again, it will just simply remind these voters of the crazy that came from his time in office, particularly around Jan. 6. He’ll amplify these fringe messages. He'll amplify these fringe right-wing candidates, and that can only be good for Democrats, they think," Lemire reported.
 
The Sound Guy said:
White House officials are letting it be known that they desire Twitter to invite back former President Donald Trump.

Conflicting with earlier reports, the occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. are reportedly warming up to the idea that President Joe Biden might benefit if Elon Musk, should his $44 billion takeover of Twitter be finalized, immediately reverses the ban on Biden's 2020 rival.

Beyond casting the Republican Party as a hostage to right-wing extremists, the "other thing White House officials are cheering for — a number of them told me this over the weekend — that if Elon Musk indeed takes Twitter, they hope the first thing he does is put Donald Trump back on it," Politico's White House bureau chief, Jonathan Lemire, said Monday on MSNBC's Morning Joe.

Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter in the days after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Twitter, joined by other social media platforms in banning Trump, said the decision was made "due to the risk of further incitement of violence."

Biden insiders believe Trump, who had more than 80 million followers on Twitter, would go back to posting inflammatory content, scaring voters away from Republicans at a time when the president is suffering from low poll numbers and the GOP is poised to retake control of the House and quite possibly the Senate, according to Lemire.

"They think that if Trump starts tweeting again, it will just simply remind these voters of the crazy that came from his time in office, particularly around Jan. 6. He’ll amplify these fringe messages. He'll amplify these fringe right-wing candidates, and that can only be good for Democrats, they think," Lemire reported.
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Sadly, they are probably not wrong.
 
They know Trump is still a threat. If only his party would still recognize it. Make no mistake about it, it's still his party.
 
Guard Dad said:
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Trump's lawsuit over Twitter ban dismissed by federal judge

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from former President Trump against Twitter, challenging the social media company for banning himself and others from the platform.
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This prompts the question of why he filed a lawsuit since he has said he has no plans to go back to Twitter if his account is opened again.

Also, Twitter should win this since it has nothing to do with the first amendment.
 
cptlo said:
This prompts the question of why he filed a lawsuit since he has said he has no plans to go back to Twitter if his account is opened again.

Also, Twitter should win this since it has nothing to do with the first amendment.
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One reason is the need to rebuke allegations made against him on Twitter. In many debates the lack of a denial is assumed as a confirmation, and the law does give everyone the right to confront their accuser. If he is denied access to invoke either of these principles, his rights to free speech and self defense in public opinion are being violated.
 
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One reason is the need to rebuke allegations made against him on Twitter. In many debates the lack of a denial is assumed as a confirmation, and the law does give everyone the right to confront their accuser. If he is denied access to invoke either of these principles, his rights to free speech and self defense in public opinion are being violated.
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Twitter isn't the only option he would have for rebuking allegations. If it was, I could understand that argument, but it isn't. If he felt the allegations were worthy, he could sue and confront his accusers in court. Twitter is a private company and so they have the right to make decisions on who has access to their service.
 
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Twitter isn't the only option he would have for rebuking allegations. If it was, I could understand that argument, but it isn't. If he felt the allegations were worthy, he could sue and confront his accusers in court. Twitter is a private company and so they have the right to make decisions on who has access to their service.
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Not quite, first he must have access to all of allegations. I maintain that the rebuttal must be allowed in the original format quoting the full allegation. Let's say that you have been banned from Facebook and Twitter and a bunch of Cat Haters on those platforms were attacking you and accusing you of cruelty to cats. You have nothing other to voice your rebuttal in than the Dallas New Era, or go to the expense of hiring a lawyer to sue unknown peoples. That is not going to work out too well. I think the lawsuit wants to define whether a privately owned company can in fact deny freedom of speech to any citizen, it chooses, and the rights of those citizens to defend their good name in and on the same broad platform that the allegations were made, such that the companies rights end when they infringe the rights of the users to a fair defense.
 
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