Blocked Twitter accounts should be restored

Washington Twitter owner Elon Musk has announced that he intends to reactivate accounts banned from the short message service in the coming week. Previously, he had users vote on whether there should be a “general amnesty” for banned accounts if they did not violate the law or spread spam messages.

A majority of the participating users spoke out in favor of reactivation. “The people have spoken. Amnesty begins next week,” Musk wrote in a tweet Thursday night.

Such surveys are not representative. It is unclear whether and how many votes were cast from automated accounts.

According to the latest information, the service has more than 230 million daily active users. More than 3.1 million votes had been received by the close of the poll on Thursday evening. More than 72 percent of them supported the activation of blocked accounts.