Elon Musk reinstated the X social media account of Alex Jones early Sunday. Jones had been banned for five years from the social media platform previously known as Twitter.
Musk asked on Saturday: "Reinstate Alex Jones on this platform? Vox Populi, Vox Dei."
"Vox Populi, Vox Dei" is a Latin phrase meaning "the voice of the people is the voice of God."
With nearly 2 million votes, more than 70% overwhelmingly declared that Jones should have his X account reinstated.
"The people have spoken and so it shall be," Musk tweeted after the poll ended.
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Speaking on concerns regarding Jones spreading misinformation, Musk declared, "It is a safe bet that Community Notes will respond rapidly to any AJ post that needs correction."
Early Sunday morning, Jones made his first action on his reactivated X account by reposting controversial influencer Andrew Tate.
Jones retweeted a post from Tate that read: "To show respect to Alex Jones for his triumphant return and to show respect to Elon being a hero – tell a globalist to get f***ed today."
InfoWars noted, "Expect a post soon from Alex on @RealAlexJones."
Jones was banned from Twitter in 2018 for violating the company’s "abusive behavior policy" by the social media company's prior management.
Musk previously hinted that he would not reinstate Jones because Jones falsely claimed on his InfoWars show that the Sandy Hook mass shooting was a hoax.
In November 2022, Megaupload founder and former CEO Kim Dotcom urged Musk to reinstate Jones in a Twitter post. Kim Dotcom conceded that Jones "f***ed up with Sandy Hook," but that the InfoWars host apologized and "got a lot of 'conspiracy theories' right." Kim Dotcom argued, "If serial liars like Biden and Trump are allowed on Twitter then Alex Jones should be allowed too."
Musk responded, "My firstborn child died in my arms. I felt his last heartbeat. I have no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame."
Jones filed for bankruptcy in December after a judge ordered him to pay $1.5 billion to the families of the victims of the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
It appears that the official InfoWars X account is still suspended since being banned in 2018.
Musk also used an X poll in November to decide to reactivate the social media account of former President Donald Trump. The Tesla CEO also reactivated the suspended accounts of Kanye West and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
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Andrew Tate is probably one of the most controversial influencers on the planet, and by the looks of it, he may just have crossed from controversial to downright despicable.
His recent Twitter feud with Ben Shapiro over the horrors occurring in Israel has shined a light on Tate like never before.
His open support of Palestine has Dave Rubin saying, “I regret covering him at any level.”
Just a few hours after the Hamas attacks began, Tate tweeted:
“Listen, I have no defense over any country that mandated vaccines on anyone,” says Dave, who acknowledges that “Israel did force a lot of people to get vaccinated.”
Regardless, he’s disgusted by Tate’s heartless (and quite frankly irrelevant) response.
“It would be as if … the Freedom Tower blew up, and then someone was like, ‘I can’t be for America because Joe Biden mandated vaccines,”’ he criticizes, adding that Tate’s perspective “is absolutely insane,” especially considering that Hamas is beheading children and raping women.
Ben Shapiro is another influential figure who’s taken to Twitter to comment on the events in Israel, but his tone has been quite the opposite of Tate’s.
As an Orthodox Jew, Shapiro had some choice words for the U.N.:
Well, this clearly triggered Tate, who responded with:
To be expected, Shapiro’s retort was as sharp as ever.
But then matters got even more interesting when Tristan Tate, Andrew’s brother, got involved.
Tristan responded with:
Of course, Ben pointed out the gaping holes in Tristan’s comment:
“This concept … that people are joyful over [Israel] having to respond is absolutely insane,” says Dave.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) recently aired concern about his son's interest in Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson.
In an interview with Bloomberg that was published Sept. 7, Newsom was asked if he has discussed artificial intelligence with any of his four children. The governor confirmed that he has and offered insight into his concern about his kids gravitating toward "micro-cults."
"I really worry about the misinformation, disinformation," Newsom said, "about what's happening with our country, but I really worry about these micro-cults that my kids are in.
"I say micro-cults because I don't know if there's a better way to describe it. My son is asking me about Andrew Tate, Jordan Petersen [sic]. And then immediately he's talking about Joe Rogan," he explained. "And I'm like, here it is, the pathway."
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For the record, neither Rogan nor Peterson nor Tate are cult leaders.
However, each of the men has a cult following on social media. They are wildly popular, famous, and offer perspectives about a myriad of issues that often diverge from the mainstream consensus. Each of them is also critical of authoritarian politicians and believes a leader like Newsom falls into that category.
But the biggest thread that connects them is they believe strong men are important for society. Perhaps it is telling, then, that Newsom's son is attracted to them.
In response, Peterson poked fun at Newsom on social media.
"We're coming for your children @GavinNewsom," Peterson joked. "We plan to turn Your boys Into men And girls Into women[.] Within the dark Pathways Of our micro cult."
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Rogan, meanwhile, frequently criticizes Newsom on his podcast for mismanaging California through ultra-liberal policies and harsh COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
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