COME BACK After a poll launched by Elon Musk on November 19, Donald Trump’s Twitter account, suspended since January 2021, has been reactivated
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Former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account was reactivated on Saturday, November 19, after a survey posted by the new boss of the social network, Elon Musk. — JACQUELINE LARMA
- On January 8, 2021, Twitter suspended Donald Trump’s account, saying he posed a “risk of further incitement to violence.” The former president had posted a message announcing that he would not attend the inauguration ceremony of Joe Biden, whose election he does not recognize.
- On Saturday, Elon Musk, the new boss of Twitter, launched a poll on the reactivation of Donald Trump’s account. 51.8% of participants, out of some 15 million votes, responded positively. A few hours later, the @realDonaldTrump account was relaunched.
- But this decision does not necessarily sign the return of the former White House tenant to the social network. Donald Trump could favor Truth Social, with which he has an exclusive contract.
“The people have spoken. Trump will be restored. Vox Populi, Vox Dei”. More than a year and a half after the closure of Donald Trump’s Twitter account, the latter has been reactivated this week-end. And it’s to Elon Musk that the former US President can say thank you. The brand new boss of the social network has launched; a poll on the reinstatement of his account on Saturday, which collected more than 51 % of votes in favor out of 15 million participants. If the page of the former tenant of the White House has been put back into service in the process, this decision does not necessarily sign its return to the firm at the time. the blue bird.
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Back a few months earlier. We are on January 8, 2021. The American Congress has just validated the election of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States a few days before. In the hours that followed, supporters of Donald Trump invaded the Capitol. The former American president, who does not recognize his defeat, announces in a message on Twitter that he will not go to the investiture of his competitor, on January 20. Faced with the “risk of new incentives to violence”, Twitter takes the unprecedented decision to close its account permanently.
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A contract of exclusivity; with Truth Social
Two days after the reinstatement of the @realDonaldTrump account, attributed to to the “45th President of the United States of America”, the former head of state has not resumed his usual frenzied tweeting. No new messages have been received. posted since Saturday, the last one posted remaining that of January 8, 2021. And the former president does not really seem to be determined to resume his old ways. “I see no reason to do it,” he said on Saturday when asked. on his return to Twitter during a videoconference at a Republican rally in Las Vegas, Nevada.
If Donald Trump remains silent, it’s perhaps because he now uses his own social network, Truth Social. The platform has been launched last February after his ouster from Twitter and the suspension of his Facebook accounts for a period of two years. On Saturday, when the results of Elon Musk’s poll were already rocking in his favour, he posted a message on its platform, presented as a “conservative or republican alternative to Twitter””: “We’re not going anywhere. Truth Social is special,” his supporters.
But with 4.48 million followers on Truth Social – compared to 87 million on Twitter –, his “alternative” is far from offering it the same visibility. Yet man’s already entered campaigning for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. So why isn’t Donald Trump making a comeback? According to the New York Times, the former president holds an exclusive contract with TruthSocial. He must make his messages available exclusively on this social network for six hours, before he can share them on other sites.
A truly certified account?
Beyond of Donald Trump’s return, it’s authenticity even of his account which is called into question. If the famous blue dot, supposed to guarantee that it has been checked, reappeared at side of his name, impossible to really know that it’s about his real account. Since its takeover by Elon Musk, Twitter has faced a number of challenges. many identity theft issues and account moderation.
In early November, the new CEO launched; “Twitter Blue”, a new Twitter subscription eight dollars a month to have your account certified, regardless of its notoriety. But the offer quickly created discord and resulted in the creation of thousands of fake accounts. Among these impersonations there are personalities like Georges W. Bush, Joe Biden, LeBron James or even Elon Musk, himself. Especially since the social network no longer has a communication service, Elon Musk having dismissed half of the workforce of the Californian firm.
On Sunday, the number of subscribers to Donald Trump’s account increased sharply; up to reach 83 million around 3:30 p.m. GMT, according to AFP, but it is impossible to know how many are humans and how many are “bots”, automated accounts. In addition, the assigned account to the former president now refers to a site offering to contribute financially to the campaign just launched by Donald Trump for 2024. Severe; also, unclear how this link came about. set up, and by whom.