{"id":2122038,"date":"2023-12-11T17:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T22:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-restores-x-account-of-alex-jones\/"},"modified":"2023-12-11T17:14:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T22:14:53","slug":"elon-musk-restores-x-account-of-alex-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-restores-x-account-of-alex-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk reinstates Alex Jones&#8217; X account"},"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\">14<\/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%2Felon-musk-restores-x-account-of-alex-jones%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=2122038&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury \u200dSuperior Court during his trial \u2064on September 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut. Jones is being sued by several victims\u2019 families for causing emotional and psychological harm after \u2064they lost their children in the Sandy Hook massacre. A Texas jury last month ordered Jones to pay $49.3 \u2063million to\u2064 the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, one of\u2064 26 \u2064students and \u200bteachers killed in\u2062 the \u2063shooting \u200bin \u2063Newtown, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James \u200cMeyers<\/a><br \/>2:05 PM \u2013\u2062 Monday, December 11, 2023<\/p>\n<p>After\u2063 five years of being \u200cbanned on\u200b X, current Chairman and CTO Elon Musk has restored the\u200c X account of \u200dknown conspiracy theorist,\u200b Alex Jones. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The move was done on \u2064Saturday by the Tesla CEO, after announcing he would post a poll on whether or not users supported Jones\u2019 return to the site.<\/p>\n<p>Jones \u2062and his company InfoWars were kicked off, \u200din what was announced as a permanent ban from \u200cTwitter, the platforms former name, in 2018. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cReinstate Alex Jones on \u200dthis \u200dplatform?\u201d Musk wrote, alongside \u201cVox Populi, Vox Dei\u201d \u2014 a Latin phrase meaning \u2063\u201cthe voice of the people is\u200b the voice of God,\u201d and the results\u2063 of\u2062 the poll showed that\u200c 70% of respondents supported the restoration of Jones\u2019 account.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe people have spoken and so it shall be,\u201d Musk added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reinstate Alex Jones on this platform?<\/p>\n<p>Vox\u2062 Populi, Vox Dei.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1733529033575465381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Musk bought Twitter at the\u2062 end of 2022 in a \u2063$44\u200c billion deal.\u2063 Since then, he has restored\u200c several accounts that were banned under previous ownership, \u2062such\u2063 as the accounts\u200d of Republican Marjorie Taylor\u200d Greene (R-Ga.) and former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200bcritics are calling out Musk for going back on\u200b his word. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>He claimed last year that he\u2062 would not\u2063 reinstate Jones\u2019 account\u2062 on X. Musk \u2062said, \u201cNo,\u201d to requests\u2063 for Jones to come back and wrote in a November 2022 post, \u201cMy firstborn\u2064 child died in my arms.\u2062 I felt his last\u2064 heartbeat. I have no\u2063 mercy for anyone who \u2064would use the deaths of \u2062children for gain, politics\u200b or fame.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jones \u2063is known for saying the shooting\u2062 at Sandy \u2062Hook was a \u201choax.\u201d As a result of his statement, Jones \u200dhas faced multiple defamation lawsuits \u200cand\u200c has been ordered to pay upwards of\u2063 $1 billion to the victims\u2019 \u200dfamilies, which left 26 people dead. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Additionally, in another post on X shared by Musk on Saturday, Musk said \u2063\u201cI vehemently disagree with what he said about Sandy Hook, but are we a platform that believes in freedom of speech or are we not?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThat is what it comes down to in the end. If\u200d people vote \u2064him back on, this will be bad for\u2062 X financially, but principles matter \u2064more than money,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts \u200bdirectly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Biden\u2063 is\u200b hosting his Ukrainian counterpart on\u200b Tuesday in what the White House describes as a show of support for the country and\u2063 to press Congress \u200dto continue its funding. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Senior litigation counsel at \u200bthe New Civil Liberties Alliance says the State Department\u2019s\u2064 Global Engagement\u200d Center is using taxpayer fund to shut down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snopes-posts-bogus-pro-aoc-fact-check-ends-up-exposing-its-left-wing-bias\/\" title=\"Snopes Posts Bogus Pro-AOC \u2018Fact Check,\u2019 Ends Up Exposing Its Left-Wing Bias\">conservative news outlets<\/a>.  One America\u2019s John Hines \u2064has more from Washington.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As tensions continue to rise in the Middle East over the Israel Hamas\u200b War. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>After \u200csevere storms and tornadoes kill at least \u200csix people in\u2062 Central Tennessee. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Microsoft and the AFL-CIO union federation said they had\u2064 struck a deal whereby the software giant will\u200d remain neutral in efforts\u2062 by unions to encourage workers to become members.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Amazon.com asked a federal court to dismiss a U.S. government\u2064 antitrust lawsuit\u2063 which \u200caccuses \u2063the company of using illegal strategies to boost profits at its online retail \u2063empire.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>More than 10 million people have signed up\u200d for X in December, X \u200dCEO \u200bLinda\u2062 Yaccarino said in a \u200bpost on the social media platform.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Alphabet shares ended 5.3% higher on Thursday as Wall Street cheered the launch of Gemini.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200c rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What are the implications of Elon Musk&#8217;s decision in the ongoing debate between freedom of speech \u2064and platform\u2062 responsibility<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062Title: Elon Musk Restores Alex Jones&#8217; Account on X, \u2063Sparking Controversy<\/p>\n<p>Introduction:<\/p>\n<p>In a surprising move, \u2062Elon Musk, current Chairman\u200b and CTO of X,\u2063 has restored the account of controversial conspiracy \u2062theorist Alex\u200c Jones. This decision has\u2064 reignited the debate on freedom of speech versus platform responsibility and has drawn criticism from those\u200b who remember Musk&#8217;s\u2062 previous commitment\u200d to not reinstate Jones&#8217; account. \u200bThis article will \u200bexplore the details of \u2063this decision and its implications.<\/p>\n<p>Background:<\/p>\n<p>Alex Jones, the founder of InfoWars, was permanently banned from Twitter\u2064 (formerly known\u2063 as X) in 2018 due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-marjorie-taylor-greene-say-people-are-dying-who-have-never-died-before\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Say, \u2018People Are Dying Who Have Never Died Before\u2019?\">spreading conspiracy theories<\/a> and \u2064causing emotional and psychological harm to the families\u200d of victims in the \u2062Sandy Hook massacre. Since then, Jones has been facing multiple\u2062 defamation lawsuits and has been ordered to pay large sums\u2063 to \u2063the victims&#8217;\u200b families.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s Decision:<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Elon Musk, who\u200b acquired X in\u200b a $44\u200d billion deal in \u200c2022, reinstated Alex Jones&#8217; account on the platform after announcing a poll to \u200cgauge users&#8217; support\u2064 for Jones&#8217; return. The poll results \u200bshowed that\u200c 70% of respondents favored the\u2063 restoration of Jones&#8217; account. Musk expressed his decision with the Latin \u2064phrase, &#8220;Vox Populi, Vox Dei,&#8221; \u2064meaning &#8220;the voice of the\u200c people is the voice of God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Controversy and Criticism:<\/p>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s decision has\u200b drawn sharp criticism from those who question his consistency and commitment to his previous statements. Last year, Musk firmly stated that he would not \u2062reinstate Jones&#8217; account on X. He even shared a personal experience,\u200b mentioning the loss of his \u200bown child \u2063and condemning anyone who would \u2063exploit the deaths of children for personal gain or fame. Many see \u200cMusk&#8217;s reversal as a betrayal of his own principles.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom of Speech vs. Platform Responsibility:<\/p>\n<p>Musk defended his decision by\u200b presenting a dilemma: \u2062should X be a platform that believes \u2063in\u200b freedom \u200dof\u200c speech or should it prioritize \u200bits financial interests? While vehemently disagreeing with Jones&#8217; views on Sandy Hook, Musk argued that principles matter \u200dmore than \u200cmoney. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/open-the-books-founder-biden-admin-has-funded-palestinians-for-over-3-years\/\" title=\"Biden Admin funded Palestinians for 3+ years, says 'Open The Books' Founder.\">raises\u2064 significant questions<\/a> about the responsibilities\u2063 of online platforms in curating content and the delicate balance between safeguarding \u2063free speech\u200c and preventing the spread of harmful misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s decision to\u200c reinstate Alex Jones&#8217; \u200caccount on X has sparked controversy and raised important questions about freedom of speech and platform responsibility. \u200cCritics argue that Musk&#8217;s actions contradict his previous\u2063 statements,\u2062 while others perceive it as\u200d a strong commitment to\u200d free \u2062speech. The \u200coutcome of this\u200b decision will determine whether \u200bX&#8217;s financial interests outweigh its principles and whether online platforms are willing to take a \u2063stand in the face of controversial content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Jones, InfoWars founder, faces trial in Waterbury, Connecticut. Families of Sandy Hook victims sue him for emotional harm. 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