Twitter boss Elon Musk keeps conspiracy theorist Alex Jones off platform

Elon Musk says helium volition not let the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to instrumentality to Twitter.

Over the play the accounts of erstwhile US president Donald Trump, rapper Ye (formerly Kanye West) and influencer Andrew Tate were each reactivated.

Mr Musk responded to tweets asking if Jones could beryllium next.

He wrote that his ain kid had died, and that helium "had nary mercy" for anyone who "would usage the deaths of children for gain, authorities oregon fame".

Nevada Alexander Musk died aged 10 days aged successful 2002.

Mr Musk said his babe died successful his arms and helium "felt his last heartbeat".

Info wars big Jones has been forced to wage $1.44bn (£1.2bn) successful damages aft falsely and repeatedly claiming that the Sandy Hook schoolhouse shooting, successful which 20 children and six adults were killed, was a hoax.

In August 2018 helium was banned from Facebook, Spotify, Apple and YouTube.

Those asking for his instrumentality included the arguable net tycoon Kim Dotcom.

On a video posted connected the level Rumble, Jones said helium did not attraction astir being connected Twitter, reports quality website Axios.

Mr Trump has yet to tweet, contempt his reactivated relationship present having much than 90 cardinal followers.

He has said helium intends to enactment connected his ain platform, Truth Social, though this has a fraction of the assemblage of Twitter.

Mr Trump was a prolific tweeter until helium was banned for allegedly inciting unit connected the level during the Capitol Hill riots successful January 2021.

Ye was banned for an antisemitic station successful October 2022.

Andrew Tate was banned from respective platforms for sharing misogynistic content, specified arsenic suggesting that women should carnivore work for intersexual assault.

Both Ye and Mr Tate are present tweeting.

Mr Musk had antecedently said nary determination astir banned accounts would beryllium made until a moderation committee had been appointed.

He completed his $44bn acquisition of Twitter connected 28 October aft months of wrangling.

He has since laid disconnected fractional of the firm's 7,500-strong workforce, and hundreds much unit are believed to person near pursuing an email saying that agelong hours and "hardcore" enactment would beryllium required of those who remained.

Mr Musk says that much radical than ever are logging connected to Twitter - but determination is nary authoritative confirmation of this, arsenic determination is nary longer a communications team.