Ye’s was suspended from Twitter after making an anti-Semitic tweet.Credit:Amy Harris/AP
Musk responded positively to Ye’s initial tweet,tweeting:“Don’t kill what ye hate,Save what ye love.”
Twitter’s new leader,who is also chief executive officer of Tesla and SpaceX,spent the weekend polling his followers on the platform whether to restore the access of Donald Trump,the former US president who was permanently suspended following the January 6 breaching of the US capitol. Some 52 per cent responded in the affirmative and Trump is now clear to return – though he’s responded saying thathe’ll stick to his own social network,Truth Social.
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Musk’s latest tweet depicts Twitter as a drug thatTrump will be sorely tempted to return to. The billionaire Twitter owner’s courtship of the network’s controversial figures threatens to further alienate advertisers,who have been wary about associating their brands with the service in recent times.
Twitter has been setting new highs for user numbers under Musk’s leadership,which has attracted attention forabrupt job cuts,equivocation on product changes and an ultimatum to employees to either stay for a new “hardcore” work culture or leave.
Bloomberg