Elon Musk Restores Satirical Site "The Babylon Bee" To Twitter After Months of Being Locked Out11/18/2022
Credit to Religion News Service
Article byHaddon Lockyer
On Friday, conservative satirical website The Babylon Bee was restored to Twitter as new CEO Elon Musk continues to make changes to the platform.
The Babylon Bee, which rose to prominence during the Trump administration, befriended Musk long before he owned the platform. Musk even appeared for an interview on an episode of the Bee's podcast. The Babylon Bee announced the end to their Twitter suspension Friday afternoon, simply tweeting:
The comedy news site was locked out of their account in March of this year after cracking a joke about Rachel Levine, the transgender U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health. At the time, Twitter ordered the Bee to delete their tweet in order to restore their account. The site's CEO Seth Dillon, however, refused, saying that the Bee would not "bend the knee" to Twitter's overlords. "It's not enough for them to just wipe it out. They want us to bend the knee and admit that we engaged in hateful conduct."
Many have claimed that the Bee's ban from Twitter was the final ban that led Musk, a free speech advocate, to buy the platform for $44 billion. Musk even contacted staff at the news group to tell him about his plans to purchase the site before he made the news public.
Musk has already made major changes to Twitter since taking over mere weeks ago, including a rewriting of the verification system and putting a stop to free lunches. Early this month, Musk confirmed that he would begin restoring banned users, but added that he would wait until after the midterms.
Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon
Credit to Campaign Life Coalition Speaking of the Bee's restoration, Musk added that Dr. Jordan Peterson and comedian Kathy Griffin have also been unbanned from the platform. He also declared that no decision has been made regarding whether or not he will allow Former President Trump to return.
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