San Francisco, CA – After a survey for Restoration of Donald Trump’s Twitter account Where the former president won by a narrow margin in November, Twitter CEO Elon Musk is now running another poll; For more serious questions, of course; whether or not the two figures sought by US authorities for prosecution should be pardoned; WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and whistleblower Edward Snowden,
Assange, now 51, was arrested in April 2019 after years of evading arrest while seeking asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on unrelated alleged sexual misconduct charges and is currently being held by Trump in his He is facing extradition to the US on the charges against him. Administration relating to the Espionage Act of 1917.
The allegations stemmed from Assange’s release of leaked US military and Democratic Party documents, files and emails – via WikiLeaks; However, several media organizations have defended Assange’s actions as a matter of the right to a free press.
Edward Snowden, 39, is a former contract employee at the National Security Agency and the whistle-blower behind the significant revelations that surfaced in June 2013 about the US government’s top-secret, widespread domestic surveillance programs. Since then, Snowden – born in the US and now a naturalized Russian – has been branded as both a traitor and a hero for his blistering leaks.
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On December 3, Musk introduced a new 24-hour poll, asking Twitter users whether the two controversial figures should be pardoned.
“I am not expressing any opinion, but had promised to hold this election,” Tesla CEO tweeted, “Should Assange and Snowden be pardoned?”
With more than 3.3 million votes currently polled, 2.6 million Twitter users answered with an emphatic yes, with 80.5 percent saying Assange and Snowden should be pardoned, while only 19.5 percent voted against.
The poll was posted just days after five major media outlets called on the US to finally end the prosecution of Julian Assange, saying “it is not a crime to publish” and previously hidden from the public Disclosing information was a core part of the job. journalist.
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly indicated that the voting account was up for reinstatement; The story has been updated to reflect the proper reason for the user poll.
