USA: For posting a profile photo of himself and his wife proudly posing with a dead antelope while on a hunting trip, US Senator Steve Daines has been blocked by Twitter.

On Tuesday, the Montana Republican's account was reinstated after it had been suspended by Twitter for allegedly posting adult or graphic content. Daines claimed that his hunting photo was the offensive one. In restoring the account, which retained the same profile picture, Twitter provided no justification.

Daines wrote on Twitter to celebrate his reinstatement, saying, "I'm free." "Elon Musk, thank you." After learning about the problem, he later released a statement in which he thanked Musk for finding a solution and expressed his satisfaction that Musk "recognises that free speech is a bedrock of our country."

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Republicans including Senator Ted Cruz from Texas, Donald Trump Jr., the son of former President Donald Trump, and others were incensed by the suspension. Politicians were frequently suspended from social media platforms in the past, including the then-president Trump himself, but Musk promised to make Twitter a bastion of free speech when he decided to purchase the company for $44 billion last year. After completing the transaction in October, the wealthy businessman faced backlash for editing some content, such as posts that reveal a user's current location.

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Regulators have also put pressure on Musk to censor content that they find objectionable. The European Union's internal market commissioner, Thierry Breton, threatened to ban Twitter after Musk promised in November to be more "transparent and even-handed" than Twitter had been in the past. Among the demands Breton made was strengthened content moderation to "tackle disinformation."

Daines' posts from as recently as last Friday were marked as temporarily unavailable due to a policy violation during the course of his suspension. The statement made reference to Twitter's stance on delicate media.

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When the decision was made, Daines had been tweeting about how President Joe Biden handled an alleged Chinese spy balloon that had flown over the nation the week before. Daines stated on Monday during a Fox News interview that "this was really more of a trial balloon by the Chinese." "They examined this president's decisiveness. The president lacked direction. He was now portraying a state of weakness. It was precisely what the Chinese desired to occur.