People banned from Twitter won't be restored for weeks: Elon Musk

Elon Musk said on Wednesday that Twitter will not allow anyone who has been kicked off the site to return until it sets up procedures on how to do that, a process that will take at least a few weeks.

That would mean people banned from the site for violating Twitter's rules for harassment, violence, or election and COVID-related misinformation will not be able to return before next Tuesday's US midterm elections.

The pledge came after Musk, who took control of the social-media site last week after buying it for USD 44 billion, said in a tweet that he had met with a handful of civil-society leaders about how Twitter will continue to combat hate and harassment and enforce its election integrity policies."

Those attending the meeting on Tuesday asked Musk not to restore the banned users ahead of the midterms, said Jessica Gonzlez, an attorney and co-CEO of the advocacy group Free Press who attended the meeting.

The attendees including leaders from the NAACP, Anti-Defamation League and