Previously banned users to be brought back in a few weeks, billionaire says
Donald Trump will be prevented from returning to Twitter until the US midterm elections have ended after Elon Musk said it would take a few weeks to bring back previously banned users.
Mr Musk has said he disagreed with the decision to block the former US President on the grounds that it was bad for democracy. He is now planning to review all permanent bans from the site.
The Tesla billionaire, who secured a $44bn (£38bn) deal to take over Twitter last week, said: “Twitter will not allow anyone who was de-platformed for violating Twitter rules back on platform until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks.”
Mr Trump was permanently banned from the social network in 2021 after he praised his supporters for storming the US Capitol building on Jan 6.