Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. It comes after Musk posted a poll this weekend on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that came out 70% in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. The move poses new uncertainty for advertisers, who have fled X over concerns about hate speech appearing alongside their ads. Jones’ posts are visible again. The last one is from 2018, when the company permanently banned him and his Infowars show for abusive behavior. Musk says the move is about protecting free speech rights.