Twitter opens public appeals for suspended accounts

The company has already reinstated a number of high profile users.

When Elon Musk took over Twitter, he said he would offer "amnesty" to previously banned and suspended accounts. Since then, it has restored dozens of high-profile controversial users, including Donald Trump (who has yet to return to the platform), comedian Kathy Griffin, and a number of white nationalists and members of extreme right.

Twitter is now opening a public appeal process, which will allow anyone whose account was previously suspended to request reinstatement. The company has posted a link to an online form available to users who can log in to a previously locked or suspended account.

Earlier this week, the company said a new appeals process would be in place as part of its policy to take "less severe action" against accounts violating the rules. "Going forward, we'll take less severe action, such as limiting the reach of Tweets that violate the policy or requiring you to delete Tweets before you can continue to use your account," the company said. "Account suspension will be reserved for serious or ongoing violations of our policies."

Twitter added that the appeals would be "assessed against our new criteria for reinstatement." But he did not specify what those criteria would be, or how long the process might take. volume" of requests and reinstated requests must "follow our rules".

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