While Musk has been banging on about free speech, and the rights of his right wing neo nazi conservative chums, under Musk's leadership, X has suspended over four times as many accounts in the first half of 2024 — 5.3 million — as Twitter ever did during similar periods.

According to its transparency reports, Twitter suspended almost 873,000 accounts in the last half of 2019. That number grew to about 1.3 million account suspensions in the latter half of 2021.

The recent suspensions were related to child safety, abuse or harassment, and misleading identities.

Musk reinstated some prominent accounts previously suspended by Twitter, like former President Donald Trump's and Infowars' Alex Jones. Musk has also recently suspended others, such as the student who tracked his private jet flights.

Yesterday he suspended journalist Ken Klippenstein's account after he published a 271-page dossier on JD Vance, Trump's running mate in the 2024 election.

 An X spokesperson told CNN that Klippenstein's suspension was triggered because it included the candidate's home address and part of his Social Security number.

Musk endorsed Trump and has been rumoured to be in the running for a cabinet position should Trump ultimately win.

Musk axed much of Twitter's staff after his purchase, including the trust and safety employees who dealt with misinformation and other content moderation issues on the platform. A recent survey found X to be the least trustworthy tech company, which takes some doing.