Alex Jones No Longer Banned from X But Still Not Welcome at Comet Ping Pong
Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter), allowed Alex Jones back to X after Jones was banned in 2018. Conspiracy theorists and free speech absolutists welcomed the move and, as usual, focused their praise on Musk, adding to his tech bro demigod status. As a public company, Twitter banned Alex Jones permanently in 2018 for harassing messages that violated the company's policies. As a private company under Musk's control, it has allowed almost all the banned individuals back and causing more X users and advertisers to flee to alternative platforms. Alex Jones, who owes more than $1.5B to Sandy Hook parents for a defamation defeat, quickly announced plans to spread new and interesting conspiracy theories he has uncovered, far-right ideologies he favors, exciting new health products from Infowars Health, and a new branch of Infowars financial services for preppers. While Jones is enjoying another round of minor internet fame, he is still not welcome back at Comet Ping Pong. In addition to pizza, the popular Washington D.C. restaurant is also vacation destination for lovers of the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, which is a widely discredited theory involving Hillary Clinton, QAnon, stolen emails, alleged human trafficking, and a child sex ring. Of the many Pizzagate believers and visitors to Comet Ping Pong, one fired a gun in the restaurant, another tried to burn it down, others tried to enter a basement that does not exist, but most prefer to threaten and terrorize the employees. The owners of Comet Ping Pong reiterated that Jones is still pesona non grata at the restaurant.