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Elon Musk will withdraw ban on Twitter account of Donald Trump

New York. Former US President Donald Trump has said that he will not return to Twitter even if his account on the platform is restored after billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter. Musk has signed a deal to acquire the social media platform for about $44 billion. Trump told Fox News that he would focus on his own platform, 'Truth Social', which has been mired in trouble since its launch last year. Trump was quoted as saying by the network, “I am not coming to Twitter. I will be on Truth Social." He said Allen bought Twitter so he could improve on it and that he was a good guy, but "I'll stick to Truth Social." Trump was banned from major social media platforms after the riots broke out on the US Parliament on 6 January 2020. Twitter had said that there was a danger of further escalation of violence. At that time, he had 89 million followers on Twitter alone. On Monday, Trump welcomed Musk's purchase of Twitter and told Fox News that he does not see Twitter as a competitor to his product. “Truth Social will remain my voice,” he said.

London: Tesla Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Elon Musk has said that he will withdraw the permanent ban on Twitter imposed on former US President Donald Trump. Musk, who is executing Twitter’s acquisition plan, said this while addressing a conference on the future of cars via video conference.

Musk said the Twitter ban on Trump was a “morally bad decision”. He termed the social media company’s decision as “extremely foolish”. He said a permanent ban on accounts by Twitter should be in rare circumstances and such steps should be taken against accounts that are malicious or “automated bots”.

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It is noteworthy that after the incident of forcible entry of miscreants into the US Parliament House on January 6 last year, Twitter banned Trump’s account.

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