The Twitter boss also tweeted: “Vox Populi, Vox Dei” – a Latin phrase meaning “the voice of the people is the voice of God”. In May, before he decided to buy Twitter, Musk said he would reverse Trump’s “stupid” ban on the platform if he took over the company. “Permanent bans should be extremely rare and really reserved for accounts that are bots or spam, scam accounts. I think it was wrong to ban Donald Trump,” he said. “I think it was a mistake because it alienated a lot of the country and it didn’t ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice.” Trump was permanently banned from Twitter in January 2021 after his supporters attacked the US Capitol which left many dead. The tech company said it made the decision after the Jan. 6 uprising “due to the risk of further inciting violence.” Mr Trump at the time had more than 80 million followers on the platform. It comes as the billionaire owner of Tesla asked Twitter’s remaining employees who write software code to report to the 10th floor office in San Francisco by 2pm local time on Saturday, according to an email seen by Reuters news agency. Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player 2:02 Mass layoffs at Twitter “If possible, I would appreciate it if you could fly to SF to be present in person,” Mr. Musk was quoted as saying in the email, adding that he would be at the company’s headquarters by midnight and return Saturday morning. Read more: World Cup at risk of hitting Twitter after staff walkout? Is this the end of ‘big tech’? “Twitter employee’s laptop wiped and accounts locked” On Friday, hundreds of Twitter employees are estimated to have decided to leave the company after Mr. Musk’s Thursday deadline for employees to agree to longer, tougher work standards or quit. The exit adds to the rapid change and chaos that has marked Mr. Musk’s first three weeks as Twitter owner, in which the company’s workforce had already been more than halved by layoffs and other departures to about 3,700.
