No less news is expected: Twitter has reactivated Donald Trump’s account, the former president of the United States, thus reversing what is probably the most controversial decision of the social network in all its years of existence. or at least the most controversial until the arrival of Elon Musk at his address, given everything that has happened in recent weeks and created a whirlwind of headlines in this regard.

As you may recall, following the infamous attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, Twitter decided to suspend, first temporarily and then permanently, the account of the then outgoing president. Both his initial encouragement of an uprising against alleged election fraud that was never proven, and his attack on his outgoing vice president, Mike Pence, for choosing to stay within the law and not the coup attempt he produced led not only to Twitter to be responsible, but for many networks and other online services, to exclude Trump from its services.

Controversy has surrounded this decision from the start, and it makes sense because it opened up a debate pitting them against each other. the responsibility of social networks on the one hand with their ability to make messages visible or invisible. I already described it as absolutely ominous, and I do not hesitate to say it again, but almost two years later, I re-read Jack Dorsey’s reasoning and I still completely agree with his opinion. And it’s not a choice between black and white, it’s soaking up the entire middle gray scale until you find the position that makes the most sense for everyone.

Twitter defended its decision tooth and nail at the time, confirming shortly after that Trump’s suspension was “forever” and although former President tried at least twice to get his account back through court, in both July and October of the same year, last May the courts agreed with Twitter. After all, a social network is a private service, so you can make your own decisions about it.

However, and almost coincident with the data, Elon Musk has already started Kulebron the Twitter buying process and one of the first questions he talked about was just that when he answered a question about whether he would allow Donald Trump to come back once he was CEO of the company.

Months later, after the purchase operation was completed and in the constant fire that the social network seems to have become, Musk decided to restore Donald Trump’s access to his Twitter account after the research he did on his profile. is already in operation, although the former president has not released anything in it yet (at the time of publication of this report)..

We must bear in mind that due to the impossibility of returning to Twitter, Trump decided to launch his own social network, Truth Social. So the question is what will happen now. Will you continue to use your own platform or would you rather go back to Twitter? And given the latter, what happens to Truth Social now that its raison d’être (the Twitter block) has ceased to exist?

It is surprising, although it makes sense, that this decision was made when the former president had already officially announced his intention to run in the primary process of the Republican Party in an attempt to regain the presidency of the United States in the elections of 2024. those who believe that he is that essential measure given this new situation, and those who think it will only serve to intoxicate the debate. And both sides are probably right to some extent..