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Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of journalists covering the social media platform and its new owner, Elon Musk, including reporters working for The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Voice of America and other publications.

The company did not explain why it took down the accounts and made their profiles and previous tweets disappear.

The abrupt suspension of news reporters follows Musk’s decision Wednesday to permanently ban an account that automatically tracks the flights of his private jets using publicly available data. . It also prompted Twitter to change its rules for all users to prohibit sharing other people’s current location without their consent.

Several reporters suspended on Thursday night wrote about that new policy and Musk’s rationale for imposing it, regarding his allegation of a stalking incident that affected the family. him on Tuesday night in Los Angeles.

“The same doxxing rules apply to ‘journalists’ as they do to everyone else,” Musk tweeted Thursday. He then added: “Criticizing me all day is perfectly fine, but doxx my real-time location and endangering my family is not.”

“Doxxing” refers to the online disclosure of someone’s identity, address, or other personal details.

CNN said in a statement that “the impulsive and unjustified suspension of several reporters, including CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, is concerning but not surprising.”

“Twitter’s growing instability and volatility is of incredible concern to all Twitter users,” the statement added. “We’ve asked Twitter for an explanation, and we’ll reevaluate our relationship based on that response.”

Another suspended journalist, Matt Binder of tech news agency Mashable, said he was banned on Thursday night shortly after sharing a screenshot O’Sullivan posted before the CNN reporter was suspended. only.

The screenshot shows a statement from the Los Angeles Police Department sent earlier on Thursday to various media outlets, including the Associated Press, about how they contacted Musk’s representatives about the defendant’s case. surveillance, but no crime reports have been filed.

“I do not share any location data, under the new terms of Twitter. Nor do I share any links to ElonJet or other location tracking accounts,” Binder said in an email. . “I have been very critical of Musk but have never violated any of Twitter’s listed policies.”

Another suspended reporter, Voice of America’s Steve Herman, said he considers himself banned “because I tweeted about other journalists being suspended for tweeting about hacked accounts.” has a link to the Elon Jet feed.”

The suspension comes as Musk makes major changes to content moderation on Twitter. He tried, through the release of select corporate documents called “Twitter Files,” to claim that the platform suppressed right-wing voices under previous leaders. its.

He has promised to let free speech reign and restored popular accounts that had previously violated Twitter’s rules against hateful conduct or harmful misinformation, but also said that he will stop negativity and hatred by stripping some accounts of “free access”.

The nonprofit Committee to Protect Journalists, which protects journalists around the world, said on Thursday night that it was concerned about the suspension.

“If confirmed as retaliation for their work, this would be a serious violation of journalists’ right to report without fear of reprisal,” the group said.



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