Musk reinstates Greene Twitter account

Elon Musk’s Twitter has reinstated the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which was banned in January for violating the platform’s COVID misinformation policies.

The Georgia Republican’s reinstatement comes after Mr. Musk over the weekend reinstated the account of former President Donald Trump, who was banned in the aftermath of the deadly Jan. 6 riots on the Capitol in 2021. Twitter — at the time — feared there was a risk of further incitement to violence if Mr. Trump were allowed to remain on the platform. Mr. Trump himself has said he won’t return to Twitter and as of Monday had not tweeted since the reinstatement, although he also hasn’t deleted his account.

Mr. Musk apparently based his decision to allow Mr. Trump back on the site on an unscientific Twitter poll he posted on his timeline. There appeared to be no such poll for Ms. Greene’s account.