Several journalists throughout numerous publications have discovered themselves unable to entry their Twitter accounts tonight. They've been suspended on the web site, and in line with NBC News Senior Reporter Ben Collins, one factor that they had in frequent was that they lined the social community and Elon Musk, who as soon as described himself as a "free speech absolutist." Collins listed the suspended journalists' accounts on a Twitter thread, together with CNN'sDonie O'Sullivan whose final tweets included his interview with Jack Sweeney, the faculty pupil who ran the @ElonJet account.
The Washington Post's Drew Harwell misplaced his account following a tweet about how Twitter suspended Mastodon, its rival social community that's been gaining reputation since Musk took over, after it posted a hyperlink to the account that tracked Musk's non-public jet. The New York Times'Ryan Mac misplaced entry to his account after speaking about Sweeney and Twitter's coverage modifications following @ElonJet's suspension. Mashable'sMatt Binder additionally discovered himself suspended after retweeting a put up doubting Musk's declare that he and his son had been adopted by a "crazy stalker" and one other about how Twitter's new head of belief and security invited a QAnon-adjacent group to debate a partnership.
Next within the record is Micah Flee from The Intercept who not too long ago tweeted: "So much more arbitrary censorship on Twitter since @elonmusk took over." Sports and political commentator Keith Olbermann was suspended whereas one in all Engadget's editors was studying a thread on his account. Olbermann's final tweets additionally included criticisms of Musk's announcement that he's taking authorized motion towards Sweeney and Twitter's coverage modifications after the suspension of the Musk's stalker incident. Aaron Rupar, an unbiased journalist who was additionally suspended, posted a response on Substack and mentioned he tweeted that the "@ElonJet account that was suspended from Twitter was still active on Facebook, with a link to the Facebook page."
Journalists who cowl Elon Musk have been suspended on Twitter tonight: @Donie O'Sullivan from CNN, Aaron Rupar and the Washington Post's @drewharwell.
Rupar tells me he has "no idea" why it occurred.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) December 16, 2022
As you possibly can see, a lot of the banned accounts talked about Sweeney or linked to @ElonJet indirectly. Before the account obtained completely suspended, it tracked flights of Musk's non-public jet utilizing publicly accessible information. Musk introduced a coverage change for Twitter after the account's suspension that prohibit's the doxxing of real-time location information. In a response to that announcement, he mentioned the automotive carrying his baby was adopted by a stalker. He additionally mentioned that he’s taking authorized motion towards Sweeney and organizations "who supported harm to [his] family."
We reached out to Twitter for an announcement, and we'll replace this put up once we hear again. But replying to a consumer saying they've confirmed that the suspended accounts linked to @ElonJet, Musk insinuated that they had been booted off the web site as a consequence of its new doxxing guidelines. He additionally mentioned in a separate tweet that criticizing him "all day long is totally fine, but doxxing [his] real-time location and endangering [his] family is not."
Same doxxing guidelines apply to “journalists” as to everybody else
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022