Calling himself a “free speech absolutist”, Musk granted an amnesty to hundreds of accounts that had been kicked off the platform. Within hours, those belonging to right-wing Britain First leader Paul Golding, along with former deputy Jayda Fransen and the party itself, reappeared. “We’re absolutely pleased,” Golding says. “Now that we’re back on Twitter, our following is growing very, very rapidly.

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  • @jimmyjoners
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    651 year ago

    I’m going to go ahead and say this is all by design.

    • Kara
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      191 year ago

      Yep, now people who buy into Musk’s Twitter Blue are boosted on the site, and the only people willing to buy into that are right wingers and bootlickers

    • Jaysyn
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      71 year ago

      He’s desperate to make Twitter profitable, so he’s embracing the biggest bunch of marks on the planet, the supporters of right-wing politicians.