Twitter has suspended the accounts of multiple high-profile journalists on the platform who have been covering the company and Elon Musk. 
Twitter's abrupt suspensions have targeted the accounts of more than half a dozen journalists from @CNN @nytimes @washingtonpost other outlets.
Many of the accounts had written about a dispute between Elon Musk, and the user behind @elonjet.
Read free: wapo.st/3FY4O40
Many of the accounts had written about a dispute between Elon Musk, and the user behind @elonjet.
Read free: wapo.st/3FY4O40
Thursday's suspensions come as Musk has backtracked on his promise that he would run Twitter as a "free speech absolutist." nbcnews.com/tech/social-me… #FreeSpeech #ElonMusk
"Musk suspending journalists' accounts is petty and vindictive and absolutely disgraceful," said @JameelJaffer of @knightcolumbia.
@AttorneyNora of @freepress said suspending journalists based seemingly on personal animus "sets a dangerous precedent."
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@AttorneyNora of @freepress said suspending journalists based seemingly on personal animus "sets a dangerous precedent."
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"Musk has previously called himself a 'free speech absolutist,'" writes @Gizmodo's @paleofuture, but "the only people who seem to get carte blanche on the platform these days are anti-Muslim bigots, far-right insurrectionists, and literal neo-Nazis."
gizmodo.com/elon-musk-bans…
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Twitter could lose more than 30 million users in the next two years, data from Insider Intelligence shows.
Users will abandon the platform as frustrations over mounting technical issues and increased hate speech and offensive content flood the platform.
businessinsider.com/twitter-lose-3…
Users will abandon the platform as frustrations over mounting technical issues and increased hate speech and offensive content flood the platform.
businessinsider.com/twitter-lose-3…
Twitter has apparently pulled its Spaces group audio feature, at least temporarily, after @elonmusk joined and then left a group conversation where he was pressed by journalists over some of his inconsistencies, reports @Techcrunch. #TwitterSpaces techcrunch.com/2022/12/16/twi…
PEN America calls on Musk to reverse journalists' suspensions
"He has from the start seemed to treat Twitter more like a personal fiefdom than a global public square," says @summerelopez. "Twitter should... not shut down journalists for doing their jobs.” pen.org/press-release/…
"He has from the start seemed to treat Twitter more like a personal fiefdom than a global public square," says @summerelopez. "Twitter should... not shut down journalists for doing their jobs.” pen.org/press-release/…
“It’s alarming but unfortunately not so surprising to see Musk silencing journalists or creating new content regulation rules on a whim, based purely on what he finds inconvenient for him,” said @summerelopez of PEN America. grid.news/story/technolo…
On Friday, Twitter also suspended the account of Linette Lopez, a journalist for @BusinessInsider who has written investigative reports about Tesla.
On Twitter, @jsrailton noted, "her sources have previously been targeted by private spies hired by Musk."
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On Twitter, @jsrailton noted, "her sources have previously been targeted by private spies hired by Musk."
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Twitter has reinstated several journalists, but Linette Lopez and Keith Olbermann remain suspended.
Lopez told MSNBC she has reported on a lawsuit in which Musk was accused of “doxxing” someone and “Elon didn’t want people to see him as a hypocrite.” deadline.com/2022/12/twitte…
Lopez told MSNBC she has reported on a lawsuit in which Musk was accused of “doxxing” someone and “Elon didn’t want people to see him as a hypocrite.” deadline.com/2022/12/twitte…
Following reporting by @semafor it has emerged that, prior to this week's suspensions, @NBCNews had barred its #disinformation reporter @oneunderscore__ from discussing Elon Musk and Twitter after cautioning Collins several times about his commentary. variety.com/2022/tv/news/n…
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