Twitter Vows It Will Not Reinstate Trump

Conservatives call for Donald Trump’s reinstatement on Twitter after Tesla CEO Elon Musk became the social media platform’s largest shareholder and a member of its board of directors.

QUICK FACTS:

• Twitter says it has no plans to reinstate President Donald Trump’s account despite Elon Musk promising to “make significant improvements” to the social media platform after becoming the company’s largest shareholder and a member of its board of directors, The Daily Mail reports.
• “Twitter is committed to impartiality in the development and enforcement of its policies and rules,” the company told DailyMail.com on Tuesday.
• “Our policy decisions are not determined by the Board or shareholders, and we have no plans to reverse any policy decisions.”
• “As always our Board plays an important advisory and feedback role across the entirety of our service. Our day-to-day operations and decisions are made by Twitter management and employees,” Twitter went on to say.

Leftist @Twitter "management" suggests the company doesn't answer to its board of directors–says it will NOT reinstate Trump despite @ElonMusk vowing 'significant' change to woke platform after taking a board seat with 9% stake as the largest shareholder https://t.co/5Nx6klc868

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) April 6, 2022

CALLS TO REINSTATE TRUMP:

• Former Trump Treasury Department official Monica Crowley said that Musk “should demand the end of political censorship, company-wide reform, and the reinstatement of President Trump.”
• Republican Study Committee Chair Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) posted on Monday, “If [Elon Musk] can clean up Twitter and stop online censorship, I’m all for him taking over the whole damn thing,” The Daily Mail reports.
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) asked, “Will the new majority shareholder return freedom of speech to Twitter?” adding, “It will require courage [because] the regime is heavily investing in a certain industry and threats will undoubtedly come. Yet the freedom of speech restored will enable us all to defeat them.”

BACKGROUND:

• On Tuesday, Twitter announced CEO Musk was joining the company’s board of directors, causing the social media platform’s shares to rise by over 7%.
• The move also raised speculation Musk would try to address what he referred to as Twitter’s “failure to adhere to free speech principles” and “fundamentally undermine democracy.”