“Why don’t we build some of the product capabilities to make the rules less punitive, and reinstate accounts?” Roth suggested. It was a path forward that didn’t dismantle the rules. Musk agreed, and told Roth to get started building it, finally green-lighting the project that had stalled all summer under his looming acquisition. For now, the Babylon Bee would remain off Twitter. The conversation clearly impressed the billionaire. That weekend, in response to conservative users who called for Roth to be fired, Musk replied, “We’ve all made some questionable tweets, me more than most, but I want
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