Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones reinstated on X after Musk poll
Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday showed the account of US right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to have been reinstated as a poll organized by owner Elon Musk backed his return after a ban of nearly five years. Close to 2 million votes were cast by the time the poll closed, with about 70% voting in favor of Jones' reinstatement. "The people have spoken and so it shall be," Musk wrote in the reply to the poll that ended on Sunday. Soon after reappearing on the platform, Jones' account began accumulating followers and currently has about 1 million. He has yet to post anything original, but has reposted two messages. Jones' account with username "@RealAlexJones" now shows his last original post was on Sept. 6, 2018, the same day the social media platform's previous owners permanently banned his account and website Infowars, saying they had violated its behavior policies. The ban came weeks after Apple, Alphabet...