• Elon Musk's latest lurch on Twitter: suspend double verification and stop the payment service

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Twitter owner

Elon Musk

has announced that he will begin reinstating suspended accounts on the platform next week, after a majority of voters in a poll on the social network voted in favor of the move.

"The people have spoken.

Amnesty

begins next week," Musk tweeted, launching a query on the issue among

Twitter

users on Wednesday .

Of the roughly 3.16 million people who voted, 72.4% answered "yes" to Musk's question, which asked whether Twitter should offer a "

general amnesty for suspended accounts

as long as they haven't broken the law or sent outrageously spam."

Musk, who bought the social network at the end of October for 44,000 million dollars, had already consulted with users to decide if

Donald Trump

could return to the platform.

The former US president had been banned from the social network after the assault on the Washington Capitol in January 2021 by his supporters.

Trump's account was reinstated after a narrow majority (51.8%) of the 15 million voters in that

Twitter

poll voted Saturday in favor of the Republican billionaire's return to the network.

This use of this consultation mechanism to define guidelines on the social network contradicts a

commitment expressed

by Musk shortly after the acquisition of the company, when he announced the imminent formation of a "council of moderation (of content) with very diverse points of view ".

"No major decisions about content or account reinstatement will be made until this council meets," he tweeted.

But the richest man on the planet reneged on this promise after accusing "activists" and "politicians" of looking to "

kill Twitter by

drying up (its) advertising revenue", which represents 90% of the company's turnover.

Several major brands, including Volkswagen, General Motors and General Mills, have announced that they will suspend advertising spending on Twitter since its acquisition by Musk.

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