--- title: "Twitter Is Quietly Re-Suspending the Lunatics Elon Musk Let Back On" description: "Twitter has already had to re-suspend at least two reprehensible right-wingers whose accounts were reinstated by Elon Musk." date: "2023-01-26" modified: "2023-01-26" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/twitter-suspends-unsuspended-white-supremacists" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "the digest" - "twitter" - "white supremacist" --- # Twitter Is Quietly Re-Suspending the Lunatics Elon Musk Let Back On ![Twitter has already had to re-suspend at least two reprehensible right-wingers whose accounts were reinstated by Elon Musk.]() *\Image: Futurism\* ## Ban Hammer It's only been a few months since Elon Musk [took over Twitter]() and [promised to resurrect]() those permabanned right-wing chuds who kept getting kicked off for being terrible — but now, the chickens seem to be coming home to roost. At least two previously-suspended right-wingers — Ali Alexander, best known as [Kanye West's 2024 campaign advisor](), and Nick Fuentes, an [incel-of-all-trades]() who has his very own [Anti-Defamation League explainer]() — have been suspended this week. As the [Southern Poverty Law Center's Hannah Gais pointed out](), Fuentes got the kibosh "roughly 24 hours" after [Twitter infamously allowed him back]() on, and [Media Matters' Alex Kaplan noted]() that his fellow "Stop the Steal" organizer Ali Alexander was on the chopping block soon after. Fuentes joked about his termination on Telegram, a messaging platform favored by [drug dealers](), [Russian government officials](), and [white supremacists]() alike due to its apparent lack of rules. "Well it was fun while it lasted," the 24-year-old wrote, according to [screenshots shared]() on Twitter. ## Censorious Musk While it's obviously easy to laugh at the expense of such reprehensible jerks, it's worth noting that this appears to be one of the first major instances of Twitter's content moderators sticking to their guns since Musk took over the site in late October and subsequently played host to a huge [uptick in hate speech](). The suspensions also come on the heels of a shorter-reaching but arguably more important Twitter censorship story [out of *The Intercept*]() that claims the social network worked on behalf of India's far-right ruling party to suppress the reach of a *BBC* documentary that was critical of the country's controversial prime minister, Narendra Modi. While those serious claims of legitimate censorship barely made waves in the US, they did catch the attention of Musk, who said he was simply too busy to address the issue. "First I’ve heard," [Musk wrote](). "It is not possible for me to fix every aspect of Twitter worldwide overnight, while still running Tesla and SpaceX, among other things." It's unlikely that Musk hasn't heard about Alexander and Fuentes getting the can — though for now at least, he's wisely remaining silent. **More on the bird app:** [*Desperate Twitter Auctioning Off Its Used Office Supplies*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()