{"id":1420459,"date":"2022-04-05T15:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T19:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420459"},"modified":"2022-04-05T15:59:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T19:59:41","slug":"twitter-has-no-plans-to-reinstate-former-president-donald-trumps-account-despite-calls-for-newest-shareholder-to-do-just-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-has-no-plans-to-reinstate-former-president-donald-trumps-account-despite-calls-for-newest-shareholder-to-do-just-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Has No Plans To Reinstate Former President Donald Trump\u2019s Account \u2014 Despite Calls For Newest Shareholder To Do Just That"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-has-no-plans-to-reinstate-former-president-donald-trumps-account-despite-calls-for-newest-shareholder-to-do-just-that%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420459&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/11\/musk-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Twitter says it has no plans to reinstate former President Donald Trump\u2019s permanently suspended account, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>After the world\u2019s richest man Elon Musk became the the top shareholder of Twitter and vowed to \u201cmake significant improvements,\u201d some conservatives are urging him to restore Trump\u2019s account on the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cTwitter is committed to impartiality in the development and enforcement of its policies and rules,\u201d the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10687665\/Elon-Musk-joins-Twitter-board-directors-buying-9-stake-social-media.html\">told<\/a> DailyMail.com on Tuesday. \u201cOur policy decisions are not determined by the Board or shareholders, and we have no plans to reverse any policy decisions. As always our Board plays an important advisory and feedback role across the entirety of our service. Our day to day operations and decisions are made by Twitter management and employees,\u201d the company added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Musk snapped up 73.5 million shares of Twitter stock for about $3 billion, according to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/0001418091\/000110465922041911\/tm2211482d1_sc13g.htm\">filing<\/a> with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He now holds a 9.2% stake, higher than any other shareholder.<\/p>\n<p>Just a week ago, Musk took to Twitter to rip the platform for failing to protect free speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy,\u201d Musk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1507777261654605828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1507777261654605828%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxbusiness.com%2Fbusiness-leaders%2Felon-musk-purchases-stake-in-twitter-after-slamming-its-approach-to-free-speech\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cWhat should be done?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, he added:\u00a0\u201cIs a new platform needed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some conservatives applauded Musk\u2019s move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that @ElonMusk is Twitter\u2019s largest shareholder, it\u2019s time to lift the political censorship. Oh\u2026 and BRING BACK TRUMP!\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenboebert\/status\/1510952913434296326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1510952913434296326%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fconservatives-elon-musk-reinstate-donald-trump-twitter-account-1694805\">tweeted<\/a> Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill the new majority shareholder return freedom of speech to Twitter?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1510961167841349641?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). \u201cIt will require courage [because] the regime is heavily investing in a certain industry and threats will undoubtedly come. Yet the freedom of speech restored will enable us all to defeat them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Errol Webber, a Republican congressional candidate in California,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErrolWebber\/status\/1510941374622883840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1510941374622883840%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fconservatives-elon-musk-reinstate-donald-trump-twitter-account-1694805\">said<\/a> he hoped Twitter would now be able to return to its \u201cformer glory\u201d by \u201cbringing back President Trump\u201d and doing away with \u201call forms of political and other censorship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monica Crowley, a political commentator who served in the Trump administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonicaCrowley\/status\/1510979088953057289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1510979088953057289%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fconservatives-elon-musk-reinstate-donald-trump-twitter-account-1694805\">tweeted<\/a> that Musk should use his new-found leverage to \u201cdemand the end of political censorship, company-wide reform, and the reinstatement of President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter used to be an open field of free thought,\u201d Pete Hegseth said on \u201cFox &#038; Friends\u201d on Tuesday. \u201cNow the blue checkmarks like groupthink leftists police that thought and the corporate types at Twitter have been happy to enforce it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth\u00a0added: \u201cThey pushed off Donald Trump. They pushed off a lot of conservatives. If he were to open that up, it opens up the conversation in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, independent investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald goofed on CNN\u2019s Brian Stelter, who said liberals \u201cfear\u201d Musk taking over Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDems &#038; liberal activists groups have spent years co-opting the censorship power of tech billionaires and expressing gratitude to Google and FB execs for censoring their enemies off the internet,\u201d Greenwald tweeted.\u00a0\u201cNow they\u2019re petrified a billionaire who won\u2019t censor for them may take over Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent, and ran the Drudge Report from 2010 to 2015. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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