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Elon Musk’s Twitter has restored the accounts of two outstanding election deniers who have been banned from the platform following the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol.
“Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander’s account was restored on Monday. Alexander assumed a management function within the motion that discredited the 2020 election within the weeks main as much as January 6.
Asked by the January 6 Committee what platform he used to advertise occasions within the lead-up to that day, Alexander responded, “Primarily Twitter,” in line with his deposition to the committee made public final month. He has not been charged with a criminal offense.
In the months since Musk took possession of Twitter, the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” has restored the accounts of high-profile figures who have been banned from the platform following the January 6 assault, together with former President Donald Trump, former nationwide safety adviser Michael Flynn, and others.
As unrest unfolded in Brazil on Sunday, Alexander appeared to cheer on the assault, posting on his Truth Social account a Brazilian flag emoji and the message, “I do NOT denounce unannounced impromptu Capitol tours by the people.”
Overnight on Monday, Twitter additionally restored the account of Ron Watkins – a outstanding conspiracy theorist who then-President Trump retweeted a number of instances within the days earlier than the assault on the Capitol.
Watkins performed a central function in spreading conspiracy theories about voting machine and the 2020 election.
Watkins’ father, Jim, is the proprietor of the hate-filled on-line message board 8kun that’s dwelling to the QAnon conspiracy concept. An HBO documentary in 2021 recognized Ron as probably being the nameless determine behind the conspiracy concept, an assertion that Ron has denied.
Jim Watkins was interviewed by the January 6 committee final 12 months, the place he denied underneath oath that he or his son Ron posed as “Q.”