Extending the siege to critics of Elon Musk on the platform, Twitter suspended on Thursday night (15) the accounts of American journalists linked to vehicles such as The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post, The Intercept and the state-owned Voice of America, between others.
“You doxx, you get suspended” (You reveal a person’s private information online, you are suspended), justified Musk in an audio discussion on Twitter Spaces, live, followed by tens of thousands of users. He then tweeted that “they posted my exact location in real time, basically assassination coordinates”.
The suspensions of journalists would thus be linked to the change in the rules of the platform announced the day before, removing from the air profiles that follow and publicize the routes of planes of rulers and other public figures — like himself.
Musk, who closed the deal for Twitter less than two months ago, initially promised to keep the profile that followed his plane online. He justified his change of position, this week, saying that the car with one of his children would have been followed as a supposed result of an account of the genre.
The NYT said via a spokesperson: “The suspension of the accounts of several prominent journalists, including the NYT’s Ryan Mac, is questionable and regrettable. Neither the NYT nor Ryan have received any explanation.
We hope that all are reinstated and that Twitter provides a satisfactory explanation for this action.”
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