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Elon Musk Reinstates Alex Jones on X Following User Poll

The decision comes a year after Musk vowed not to let Jones return and coincides with the 11th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting.

  • Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X, reinstated far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on the platform, a year after vowing never to let him return.
  • Musk's decision followed a poll he conducted on X, with about 70% of the two million users who responded supporting Jones' reinstatement.
  • Jones was previously banned from the platform – then known as Twitter – in 2018 for violating its 'abusive behavior policy.'
  • Jones, who claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax, was ordered by a judge last year to pay more than a billion dollars in damages to the victims' families.
  • Jones' reinstatement on X comes the same week as the 11th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting.
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