Musk Says He Would Reverse Trump's Twitter Ban

Elon Musk stated that if his bid to buy Twitter is successful he will reverse Donald Trump's ban from the social media platform.

Twitter's decision to ban the former US president was "morally wrong and flat-out stupid", Musk told the Financial Times Future of the Car summit.

Mr Musk who is widely regarded as the richest man in the world agreed a £34.5bn takeover bid with the Twitter board in April this year, however he said it was not a done deal and that ideally it would be completed in the next two or three months.

Mr Musk said he had spoken to Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey on the subject of locking users out of their social media accounts in response to offensive tweets.

"He and I are of the same mind that permanent bans should be extremely rare and reserved for accounts that are bots or scam accounts," he said.

Mr Musk said if someone tweeted something "illegal or otherwise destructive to the world" there should be temporary suspension or the post should be made invisible. He said Twitter needs to build more trust with its users by sharing their algorithm and asking people to make suggestions on how to improve it.

However, Donald Trump has said that he doesn't wish to return to Twitter, instead preferring to post on his own social media platform, Truth Social. Although he may reconsider if he decides to run for the Presidency again in 2024