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Jarqui

(10,126 posts)
Thu Dec 15, 2022, 09:23 PM Dec 2022

Twitter suspends journalists who have been covering Elon Musk and the company [View all]

Source: NBC News

Twitter suspended several high-profile journalists Thursday evening who have been covering the company and Elon Musk.

The suspensions come a day after Twitter changed its policies around accounts that track private jets, including one owned by Elon Musk.

The accounts of Ryan Mac of The New York Times, Donie O'Sullivan of CNN, Drew Harwell of The Washington Post, Matt Binder of Mashable, Micah Lee of The Intercept and independent journalists Aaron Rupar and Tony Webster had all been suspended as of Thursday evening.

It was not immediately clear why their accounts were suspended.

The Twitter account for Mastodon, a platform billed as an alternative, was also suspended early Thursday evening.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-suspends-journalists-covering-elon-musk-company-rcna62032



So much for Elon's freedom of speech claim ...
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Beat me to it. More info here in GD: highplainsdem Dec 2022 #1
I deleted my twitter account when Musk bought twitter Jarqui Dec 2022 #6
Somebody is losing their mind in broad daylight. NoMoreRepugs Dec 2022 #2
Along with Keith Olbermann's account also being suspended. n/t SheilaAnn Dec 2022 #3
They are suspended for 7 days for violating Elons new rule womanofthehills Dec 2022 #17
Except that some of them have already been notified that their suspension is now permanent... regnaD kciN Dec 2022 #21
According to the Washington Post these journalists Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2022 #24
NEXT: Musk bans users for insufficient applause dalton99a Dec 2022 #4
"I didn't get a harrumph outta that guy!" . . . Journeyman Dec 2022 #9
+1 dalton99a Dec 2022 #11
Wow. I really didn't expect things go down this path XorXor Dec 2022 #5
It's bordering on surreal (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #14
Twitter is going down in flames Mr. Sparkle Dec 2022 #7
I hope it does TheRealNorth Dec 2022 #18
I hope SpaceX survives... regnaD kciN Dec 2022 #22
Goombye ananda Dec 2022 #8
If Musk was a normal person, he would have been checked to see if he had had a stroke LiberalArkie Dec 2022 #10
Steve Herman, Voice of America's chief national correspondent, has been suspended. LiberalArkie Dec 2022 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 2022 #15
Results of search for "suspended" on Twitter ... Jarqui Dec 2022 #13
Keith Olberman has been tweeting under his dog rescue account: joshcryer Dec 2022 #16
I feel like we're watching someone slowly lose their shit... SKKY Dec 2022 #19
Or maybe he was always like this... regnaD kciN Dec 2022 #23
No legitimate joournalist should be using twitter as a medium of publication anyway. PSPS Dec 2022 #20
At this point who cares? Everyone saw what it was to become literally on day one. Bengus81 Dec 2022 #25
Donie's going to have fun with this one. Vinca Dec 2022 #26
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