Elon Musk, who made a lot of changes on the platform after buying Twitter, also blocked the accounts of some journalists. Musk reversed this decision after the backlash.
Recently twitter While the accounts of many journalists were suspended on the platform, the account that shared the location of Elon Musk’s jet was blocked. After this situation caused a crisis, Elon Musk decided to reverse this decision.
He shared a post on Twitter regarding the issue. Elon Musk, “People have spoken. Accounts that bookmarked me will now be unbanned.” used the phrases. Thus, many journalists will be able to use the platform again.
Musk reacts to journalists
Elon Musk recently on Twitter Spaces He had entered the same Spaces room as the journalists he had banned, and left the session when people started coming at him. Finally, Spaces was temporarily shut down on the grounds that an issue needed to be fixed.
Suspension of journalists’ accounts European Union and United Nations He also took a stand against Musk and stated that they could apply restrictions if necessary.
Among the names whose accounts were suspended without warning or explanation on Twitter, Mashable Matt BinderCNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The New York Times’ Ryan Mac, The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell, The Intercept’s Micah Lee, Voice of America’s Steve Herman, independent journalists Aaron Rupar, Keith Olbermann and Tony There were names like Webster.
Musk previously said, “It’s okay for you to criticize me all day, but if you mark my real-time location and endanger my family it is not possible.” and stated that “If someone had shared the real-time location and addresses of one of the NYT journalists, the FBI would have been investigating, testimonies would have been taken on Capitol Hill, and Biden would have been talking about the end of democracy.” he added.
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