Elon Musk has been reinstating Twitter accounts that had been banned for weeks . With this development, the prospect of Apple and Google banning Twitter doesn't seem entirely unlikely. See also: Google accidentally refunds some Stadia Pro customers
Some of the accounts he has reinstated include former US President Donald Trump, singer Kanye West and Andrew Tate. “I hope that time never comes, but yes, if there is no other choice, I will build an alternative smartphone,” he tweeted in response to a user who asked what would happen if Apple and Google banned Twitter from their app stores. Apple and Google have previously banned Parler, a Twitter alternative, but it was granted amnesty after it made improvements to its policies.
Neither company has officially said anything or indicated any plans to ban Twitter, but what we do know is that both have policies that prohibit hate speech, discrimination and any form of harassment.
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Elon Musk himself had stated that he would not reinstate any Twitter account without creating a “content oversight board with diverse views.” However, this did not last long, as he reinstated Trump’s account, following a poll he posted on his Twitter account.
The company has been hit by a wave of fake news and impersonations . So Elon Musk has decided to turn the blue verification checkmark next to your username from a way to verify your identity into an $8 monthly subscription . The new system is expected to launch on Friday. It will certainly cause a lot of damage to Elon Musk even if Google and Apple ban Twitter from their app stores. People are used to having quick access via the app and will have to resort to entering via browser. We will wait to see what happens for Elon Musk, because even if he makes an alternative smartphone as he has mentioned, turning it into a viable product with a thriving "ecosystem" of applications is a difficult task, even for the richest person in the world . Information source: mashable.com
