London, Europe Brief News- Hundreds of suspended Twitter accounts will be restored in a general amnesty declared by Twitter’s new owner.
Elon Musk declared that blocked users would begin next week. A majority of votes in a poll on his account backed the move.
Former US President Donald Trump has already been reinstated by Musk last Saturday.
More than 3.1m Twitter users responded to the poll, with 72.4% of them voting “Yes”.
“The people have spoken. Amnesty begins next week,” Mr Musk, who has 118.7m followers on the platform, later tweeted.
He also used a Latin phrase which translates to “the voice of the people is the voice of God”.
No further details were revealed on how the amnesty process would be carried out.
Since finalising his $44bn purchase of Twitter, Musk has ushered in sweeping changes at the influential social media company. He laid off about half of the platform’s 7,500 employees.
Critics have expressed fears that Musk’s ownership of the platform will worsen the problems of misinformation, hate speech and fake accounts, especially ahead of crucial midterm elections in the United States on Tuesday.
Over the past week, several celebrities have left Twitter following Elon Musk’s takeover last month.
The world’s richest person has faced a torrent of criticism, and worse, since taking over the social media site.
Gigi Hadid is one of the latest stars to announce their exit, which she did via a brutal Instagram post on Friday.
The comic book artist, who is best known for his work on Marvel’s The Amazing Spider-Man, reportedly tweeted in April that “the day Elon Musk buys Twitter is the day I delete my account and leave Twitter.”
