Elon Musk has put the question of reinstating Alex Jones to X, formerly known as Twitter, into the hands of the platform’s users.
On Saturday, Musk posted a poll to his profile to reinstate Jones.
“Reinstate Alex Jones on this platform? Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk wrote.
At the time of writing, the poll had two hours left before expiring.
Approximately 1.8 million X users submitted votes.
The results stand at roughly 70% yes to 30% no.
Reinstate Alex Jones on this platform?
Vox Populi, Vox Dei.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2023
X users commented on Musk’s poll to reinstate Alex Jones to the platform.
Free speech is free speech. You have mass murderers and war criminals on X. Alex Jones is the least of our problems.
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) December 9, 2023
This poll has not budged from 70-30 in favor of reinstating Alex Jones to X.
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) December 9, 2023
people that vote no hate free speech
— drefanzor memes (@drefanzor) December 9, 2023
This platform is the last best hope for free speech on the internet. That makes the answer clear: bring him back. https://t.co/hOlBuyzPRy
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) December 9, 2023
Me and the homies voting to Free Alex https://t.co/sV4QicSduG pic.twitter.com/WVSLWitpBL
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) December 9, 2023
Freedom of speech is one of our most precious rights.
The First Amendment must always be defended!
I voted YES to reinstate Alex Jones. https://t.co/HhAEIMHLfO
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) December 9, 2023
https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1733549998527189146
Bring the homie back ! https://t.co/MOWm8cE2vp pic.twitter.com/TnT8gFfV8X
— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) December 9, 2023
Vote for Alex Jones! Vote for Free Speech! https://t.co/tjMdvYvahx
— Owen Shroyer (@OwenShroyer1776) December 9, 2023
Forbes wrote:
Billionaire X owner Elon Musk posted a poll to the platform Saturday asking whether conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should have his account reinstated more than five years after he was permanently banned—with reinstatement receiving overwhelming support in the poll as of Saturday afternoon.
The poll was posted to X at 11:58 a.m. EST Saturday, simply asking, “Reinstate Alex Jones on this platform?”
As of 2:30 p.m. Saturday, 70% of the roughly 1 million users who had voted in the poll supported reinstating Jones.
Jones and his company, InfoWars, was banned from the platform, then called Twitter, in 2018—with Twitter citing posts he made violating the abusive behavior policy.
The day prior to his banning, Jones posted a video of himself berating CNN journalist Oliver Darcy for about 10 minutes between congressional hearings in the U.S. Capitol.
“Friendly reminder, this video, which was livestreamed on Twitter’s Periscope, is the reason cited for Alex Jones being banned. Not his conspiracy theories about the school shooting, as widely believed,” Mark Dice wrote.
“Twitter called it ‘harassment’ to tell off a CNN reporter (a public figure) who was working in the capacity of a reporter at the time, while on public property, while covering a congressional hearing about social media censorship. The irony is just too thick,” he added.
WATCH:
Friendly reminder, this video, which was livestreamed on Twitter's Periscope, is the reason cited for Alex Jones being banned. Not his conspiracy theories about the school shooting, as widely believed.
Twitter called it "harassment" to tell off a CNN reporter (a public… pic.twitter.com/9dkXUwNNZX
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) December 9, 2023
This story is developing.
