Elon Musk reinstated the X social media account of Alex Jones early Sunday. Jones had been banned for five years from the social media platform previously known as Twitter.
Musk asked on Saturday: “Reinstate Alex Jones on this platform? Vox Populi, Vox Dei.”
“Vox Populi, Vox Dei” is a Latin phrase meaning “the voice of the people is the voice of God.”
With nearly 2 million votes, more than 70% overwhelmingly declared that Jones should have his X account reinstated.
“The people have spoken and so it shall be,” Musk tweeted after the poll ended.
Speaking on concerns regarding Jones spreading misinformation, Musk declared, “It is a safe bet that Community Notes will respond rapidly to any AJ post that needs correction.”
Early Sunday morning, Jones made his first action on his reactivated X account by reposting controversial influencer Andrew Tate.
Jones retweeted a post from Tate that read: “To show respect to Alex Jones for his triumphant return and to show respect to Elon being a hero – tell a globalist to get f***ed today.”
InfoWars noted, “Expect a post soon from Alex on @RealAlexJones.”
Jones was banned from Twitter in 2018 for violating the company’s “abusive behavior policy” by the social media company’s prior management.
Musk previously hinted that he would not reinstate Jones because Jones falsely claimed on his InfoWars show that the Sandy Hook mass shooting was a hoax.
In November 2022, Megaupload founder and former CEO Kim Dotcom urged Musk to reinstate Jones in a Twitter post. Kim Dotcom conceded that Jones “f***ed up with Sandy Hook,” but that the InfoWars host apologized and “got a lot of ‘conspiracy theories’ right.” Kim Dotcom argued, “If serial liars like Biden and Trump are allowed on Twitter then Alex Jones should be allowed too.”
Musk responded, “My firstborn child died in my arms. I felt his last heartbeat. I have no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame.”
Jones filed for bankruptcy in December after a judge ordered him to pay $1.5 billion to the families of the victims of the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
It appears that the official InfoWars X account is still suspended since being banned in 2018.
Musk also used an X poll in November to decide to reactivate the social media account of former President Donald Trump. The Tesla CEO also reactivated the suspended accounts of Kanye West and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
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