After nearly five years of being barred from the social media platform X, Elon Musk has reinstated the account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
The decision from Musk to reinstate Jones’ account came after he ran a poll on his account asking users what should happen.
By the end of the day, 2 million respondents had voted, with nearly 70% of them voting “yes.”
Early Sunday morning, Musk replied to the poll, saying he would bring Jones back to the platform.
“The people have spoken and so it shall be,” Musk posted.
Soon after the post from Musk, Jones’ account was active once again.
At the time of this article, Jones had not yet posted to his followers, but he did repost a post from controversial social media personality Andrew Tate, who praised the decision from Musk.
“To show respect to Alex Jones for his triumphant return and to show respect to Elon being a hero - tell a globalist to get f***** today,” Tate posted.
Musk, who never shies away from being controversial himself, has been in headlines lately for his comments following the decision from several companies to stop advertising on his platform.
Among the advertisers to leave the platform was Disney, which seems to have taken the brunt of Musk’s fury.
During a conference last month, Musk told advertisers to “F*** off” and specifically called out Disney CEO Bob Iger. He then sent out a flurry of posts on X about Iger, insinuating that he advertises “next to child exploitation material.”
On Saturday, he once again discussed the platform’s financial struggles, acknowledging that bringing back Jones’ account would “be bad for X financially.”
However, he said, “principles matter more than money.”
Musk continues to portray himself as a free speech absolutist, using it as reasoning for his decision on Saturday.
“Are we a platform that believes in freedom of speech or are we not?” Musak said in a post on X Saturday.