Musk reinstates Trump's Twitter account

Twitter's caller proprietor Elon Musk has said Donald Trump's relationship has been reinstated aft moving a canvass successful which users narrowly backed the move.

"The radical person spoken," tweeted Mr Musk, saying that 51.8% of much than 15 cardinal Twitter users voted for the prohibition to beryllium lifted.

But the erstwhile US president whitethorn not instrumentality to the platform, earlier saying: "I don't spot immoderate crushed for it".

His relationship was suspended successful 2021 owed to the hazard of incitement of violence.

Twitter's erstwhile absorption acted conscionable days aft Donald Trump's supporters stormed the US Capitol successful Washington DC connected 6 January.

Hundreds of rioters entered the analyzable arsenic the US Congress attempted to certify Joe Biden's triumph successful the statesmanlike election. The ensuing unit led to the deaths of 4 civilians and a constabulary officer.

After being banned Mr Trump - who had had tens of millions of Twitter followers - aboriginal launched his ain societal media platform, Truth Social.

Earlier this week, the Republican announced that helium would erstwhile again tally for the US presidency successful 2024.

Mr Musk, the world's richest man, took power of Twitter successful October successful a $44bn (£37bn) deal.

He instantly embarked connected a bid of extremist changes wrong the societal media giant, amid concerns that helium mightiness loosen Twitter's regulations connected hatred code and misinformation.

With conscionable implicit a week earlier the US midterm elections connected 8 November, helium responded to questions astir whether helium would reinstate Mr Trump's relationship by tweeting: "If I had a dollar for each clip idiosyncratic asked maine if Trump is coming backmost connected this platform, Twitter would beryllium minting money!"

Earlier this week, helium told employees that the company's bureau buildings would beryllium temporarily closed, with contiguous effect.

The announcement comes amid reports that ample numbers of unit were quitting aft Mr Musk called connected them to motion up for "long hours astatine precocious intensity" oregon leave.