'Free speech absolutist' Elon Musk explains his decision to ban Hamas' X account: 'This was a tough call'

• Elon Musk said his decision to ban a Hamas-linked account on X "was a tough call."
• Musk said X had a "UN exemption rule," whereby UN-recognized governments won't be suspended.
• "Hamas is not recognized as a government by the UN, so was suspended," Musk said. 

Elon Musk said that banning a Hamas-linked account on his platform X was a difficult decision.

"This was a tough call," Musk wrote on Monday after a user had asked him why an account linked to the Palestinian militant group had been suspended.