Did Elon Musk Use a Poll to Decide if Trump Could Return to Twitter?

Yes.

By Alec Dent

Nov 21, 2022

The Twitter feed of the President of the USA Donald Trump is seen displayed on a phone screen on August 2, 2020. (Photo Illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Over the weekend, viral posts criticized Twitter owner Elon Musk for using a Twitter poll—through which users vote directly on the platform—to determine if former President Donald Trump could return to Twitter.

so Elon spent six months in court saying Twitter was riddled with bots, was forced to buy the company, said he was going to create a moderation council for all content decisions, and has thrown all that out of the window for a "vox populi" poll that could be easily gamed

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About Alec Dent

Alec Dent is the culture editor and a staff writer for The Dispatch. He is a graduate of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at UNC Chapel Hill, and previously oversaw The Dispatch's fact checking team.