Elon Musk Reactivates Kathy Griffin Twitter Account – Deadline

Who might resist an invite like this: Twitter proprietor Elon Musk says comedian Kathy Griffin can return to Twitter – however he misspelled her identify as “Kathie.”

In a tweet right now, Musk wrote, “Kathie Griffin, Jorden Peterson & Babylon Bee have been reinstated.” Lest Griffin really feel focused by the misspelling, right-wing writer Peterson truly spells his identify Jordan.

“Trump resolution has not but been made,” Musk wrote.

Griffin, who was suspended for impersonating Musk in satirical posts, doesn’t appear to have responded to the invitation but. The Babylon Bee, a conservative satirical web site that misplaced its posting privileges final March for a transphobic tweet about U.S. assistant secretary for well being Rachel Levine, responded to right now’s resolution from Musk “We’re again. Let that sink in.” The positioning’s March 19 tweet about Levine stays on the Bee’s web page.

Peterson, a scientific psychologist and right-wing writer, was restricted by Twitter final summer season for a crude put up deadnaming trans actor Elliot Web page. A duplicate of that put up stays on Peterson’s reactivated account that now contains a pinned put up stating, “I’m again. Thanks @ElonMusk” above a photograph of Jack Nicholson’s “right here’s Johnny” scene from The Shining.

Musk talked about the three reactivated accounts in a tweet right now asserting that Twitter’s new “coverage is freedom of speech, however not freedom of attain. Detrimental/hate tweets might be max deboosted & demonetized, so no advertisements or different income to Twitter. You gained’t discover the tweet except you particularly search it out, which isn’t any completely different from remainder of Web.”