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- Alex Jones' X account has been restored, five years after Twitter permanently banned him.
- Elon Musk reinstated the account after polling X users on the matter.
- Jones is best known for spreading the conspiracy theory that the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax.
Elon Musk has restored the X account of Alex Jones, the Infowars founder who was permanently banned from the platform formerly known as Twitter more than five years ago.
Jones, a far-right commentator best known for pushing the conspiracy theory that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax, returned to the website on Sunday and reposted a number of celebratory messages.