Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones following a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. 

Musk posted a poll on Saturday asking if Jones should be reinstated, with the results showing 70% of those responding in favor. Early Sunday, Musk tweeted, “The people have spoken and so it shall be.” 

A few hours later, Jones' posts were visible again — the last one from 2018, when the company permanently banned him and his Infowars show for abusive behavior. 

Musk, who has described himself as a free speech absolutist, said the move was about protecting those rights. In response to a user who posted that “permanent account bans are antithetical to free speech,” Musk wrote, “I find it hard to disagree with this point.”