On Thursday, Elon Musk announced that he would reinstate suspended Twitter accounts, starting next week, on the social network, under certain conditions. Here are 10 controversial people who may be returning to the platform, according to Forbes.
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1) Steve Bannon
The former Trump strategist was banned in November 2020 after he suggested beheading Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray in a video posted to his Twitter account.
2) Mike Lindel
The MyPillow frontman has been banned from Twitter twice: once for spreading false election information and once for trying to circumvent the ban with a new account.
3) Linen wood
The account of the lawyer and Trump supporter has been suspended after spreading conspiracy theories about the presidential election. He had also sent out a tweet inciting violence in connection with the January 6 uprising.
4) Sidney Powell, Mike Flynn and Ron Watkins
This QAnon trio — Trump’s former electoral adviser, his national security adviser, and former administrator of far-right site 8kun, formerly 8chan, respectively — have been suspended for promoting conspiracy theories that the presidential election would have been stolen from Trump.
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BRUNSWICK, OH – APRIL 21: Michael Flynn, former US National Security Advisor to former President Trump, speaks at a campaign event for US Senate candidate Josh Mandel on April 21, 2022 at Mapleside Farms in Brunswick , Ohio. Mandel, a former state treasurer, is running for Senate against a crowded Republican field that includes Mike Gibbons, Jane Timken, Matt Dolan, Mark Pukita, Neil Patel and JD Vance, who was recently endorsed by former President Donald Trump . Dustin Franz/Getty Images/AFP == NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS AND TELEVISION ONLY ==
5) Martin Shkreli
Criticized as the “pharma brother” who drove up the price of an antiparasitic drug, Martin Shkreli was banned in 2017 for trying to sidestep a temporary Twitter ban imposed following the “targeted harassment” of a journalist.
6) Peter Roger
The former Trump adviser made a brief return to Twitter before the Musk takeover. He was quickly banned for attacking online journalists in 2017.
7) Azalie Banks
The rapper who had a reputation for making abusive tweets has been suspended multiple times. She was banned in 2020 for writing transphobic tweets.
8) Katie Hopkins
The British media personality and controversial right-wing commentator was fired from Twitter in 2020 for breaching its “hateful conduct” policy.
9) David Duke
This Ku Klux Klan member and white supremacist was ousted from the platform in 2020 for repeatedly violating Twitter’s hate speech rules.
10) Aubrey Huff
The former San Francisco Giants player downplayed the severity of COVID-19 online and was permanently suspended in 2021 for repeatedly violating Twitter’s misinformation policies about the virus.
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