Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk restored the accounts of Journalists whose accounts have been suspended over Post information about it private Jet after backlash.
The replay came after the unprecedented bans drew harsh criticism from government Officials, advocacy groups, and press organizations from many quarters of the scientist on Friday, with Some say the microblogging platform was threatening press freedom.
A Twitter poll later conducted by Musk also showed that the majority of respondents wanted the accounts restored Immediately.
“The people he Said. accounts who my doxxed location “Their suspension will now be lifted,” Musk said. in Tweet on Saturday.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. A Reuters check showed the suspended accounts were reinstated, which included journalists from the New York Times, CNN and The Washington Post.
Officials from France, Germany, Britain and the European Union earlier condemned the suspension.
episode that one A well-known security researcher named “Thursday Night Massacre”, looks on critics as a new guide of musk , who He considers himself a “freedom of speech”, eliminating speech and users he personally hates.
Involved in electric tesla car The manufacturer’s stock, led by Musk, fell 4.7%. on Friday and posted worst weekly loss since March 2020, with investors increasingly concerned About being distracted and about slowing down global economy.
French Roland Lescure minister of industry, tweeted on Friday, after Musk’s suspension of Journalists, will cease its activity on Twitter.
Melissa Fleming head of Communications for The United Nations, on Twitter that it was “profound disturbed”by commenting”media Freedom is not a game.
The German Foreign Ministry warned Twitter that the ministry had a dossier problem with moves that endangered freedom of the press.
Elonjet
The comment was due to a dispute over A Twitter account called ElonJet, which is tracking Musk private airplane using publicly available information.
On Wednesday, Twitter suspended the account and the others who tracked it private Jets, despite Musk’s earlier tweet saying he wouldn’t suspend ElonJet in The name of freedom of expression.
Soon after, Twitter changed his privacy policy to block sharing of “live location information. “
then on And Thursday night, several journalists, including from the New York Times, CNN and The Washington Post, were suspended from Twitter with no notice.
In an email to Reuters overnight, Twitter head of Confidence and safety said Ella Irwin team Manually review any and all accounts that have been breached new Total policy By posting direct links to an ElonJet account.
“I understand it’s mainly the focus on journalists, but we applied policy equally with today’s journalists and non-journalists.” in E-mail.
Society for He said the advancement of editing and writing work in Declaration on Friday that Twitter’s actions “violate the spirit of First Amendment and the principle that social media pads will allow Unfiltered Distribution of information This is it already in the public Field.”
Musk accused the journalists of Post him real-the time locationwhich are “essentially the coordinates of the assassination.” for for him family.
The billionaire appeared briefly in Voice chat in Twitter Spaces hosted by journalists, which quickly turned into a contentious debate over whether the arrested journalists actually exposed Musk. real-the time location in violation of the policy.
“If you do that, you will be suspended. The end.” of story Musk said over and over in Answer questions. “Dox” is a term for to publish private information Usually about someone with malicious intent.
Drew Harwell from The Washington Post, one of journalists who He was suspended but was nonetheless able to join Push voice chat back against The idea that he exposed Musk or his family, exactly location By posting a link to ElonJet.
Soon after, BuzzFeed reporter Katie Notopoulos, who hosted In the Spaces chat, he tweeted that the voice session chopped off off Suddenly the registry was not available.
In a tweet explaining what happened, Musk said, “We’re fixing an old bug. Should work tomorrow.” (Reporting by Sheila Dang in Dallas, Eva Matthews, Sneha Bhowmick, and Rhea Benoy in Bengaluru. Additional reporting by Hyunjoo-jin in San Francisco; Editing by Nick Zieminski, Jonathan Otis, and Muralikumar Anantharaman)
Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk restored the accounts of Journalists whose accounts have been suspended over Post information about it private Jet after backlash.
The replay came after the unprecedented bans drew harsh criticism from government Officials, advocacy groups, and press organizations from many quarters of the scientist on Friday, with Some say the microblogging platform was threatening press freedom.
A Twitter poll later conducted by Musk also showed that the majority of respondents wanted the accounts restored Immediately.
“The people he Said. accounts who my doxxed location “Their suspension will now be lifted,” Musk said. in Tweet on Saturday.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. A Reuters check showed the suspended accounts were reinstated, which included journalists from the New York Times, CNN and The Washington Post.
Officials from France, Germany, Britain and the European Union earlier condemned the suspension.
episode that one A well-known security researcher named “Thursday Night Massacre”, looks on critics as a new guide of musk , who He considers himself a “freedom of speech”, eliminating speech and users he personally hates.
Involved in electric tesla car The manufacturer’s stock, led by Musk, fell 4.7%. on Friday and posted worst weekly loss since March 2020, with investors increasingly concerned About being distracted and about slowing down global economy.
French Roland Lescure minister of industry, tweeted on Friday, after Musk’s suspension of Journalists, will cease its activity on Twitter.
Melissa Fleming head of Communications for The United Nations, on Twitter that it was “profound disturbed”by commenting”media Freedom is not a game.
The German Foreign Ministry warned Twitter that the ministry had a dossier problem with moves that endangered freedom of the press.
Elonjet
The comment was due to a dispute over A Twitter account called ElonJet, which is tracking Musk private airplane using publicly available information.
On Wednesday, Twitter suspended the account and the others who tracked it private Jets, despite Musk’s earlier tweet saying he wouldn’t suspend ElonJet in The name of freedom of expression.
Soon after, Twitter changed his privacy policy to block sharing of “live location information. “
then on And Thursday night, several journalists, including from the New York Times, CNN and The Washington Post, were suspended from Twitter with no notice.
In an email to Reuters overnight, Twitter head of Confidence and safety said Ella Irwin team Manually review any and all accounts that have been breached new Total policy By posting direct links to an ElonJet account.
“I understand it’s mainly the focus on journalists, but we applied policy equally with today’s journalists and non-journalists.” in E-mail.
Society for He said the advancement of editing and writing work in Declaration on Friday that Twitter’s actions “violate the spirit of First Amendment and the principle that social media pads will allow Unfiltered Distribution of information This is it already in the public Field.”
Musk accused the journalists of Post him real-the time locationwhich are “essentially the coordinates of the assassination.” for for him family.
The billionaire appeared briefly in Voice chat in Twitter Spaces hosted by journalists, which quickly turned into a contentious debate over whether the arrested journalists actually exposed Musk. real-the time location in violation of the policy.
“If you do that, you will be suspended. The end.” of story Musk said over and over in Answer questions. “Dox” is a term for to publish private information Usually about someone with malicious intent.
Drew Harwell from The Washington Post, one of journalists who He was suspended but was nonetheless able to join Push voice chat back against The idea that he exposed Musk or his family, exactly location By posting a link to ElonJet.
Soon after, BuzzFeed reporter Katie Notopoulos, who hosted In the Spaces chat, he tweeted that the voice session chopped off off Suddenly the registry was not available.
In a tweet explaining what happened, Musk said, “We’re fixing an old bug. Should work tomorrow.” (Reporting by Sheila Dang in Dallas, Eva Matthews, Sneha Bhowmick, and Rhea Benoy in Bengaluru. Additional reporting by Hyunjoo-jin in San Francisco; Editing by Nick Zieminski, Jonathan Otis, and Muralikumar Anantharaman)