Twitter suspends several Journalists' accounts for covering Elon Musk

 

The social media platform, Twitter, suspended the accounts of several journalists, including the journalists from the New York Times and the Washington Post, on Thursday.

Earlier, those journalists reported on Twitter and its new chief executive, Elon Musk. They wrote a few articles about Musk and the changes introduced in the social media platform since he bought it.

In a series of tweets, Musk said that sharing his real-time location on Twitter was not allowed. He reportedly wrote on Twitter, "Criticizing me all day long is totally fine, but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not." Musk reportedly accused journalists of sharing information about his location.

Ryan Mac, a New York Times tech reporter, wrote on a new Twitter account that he was not given any warning from the social media company before suspending his previous account. Mac also said that he did not receive any information from the social media company about the reason his account was “permanently suspended” on the micro-blogging site.

Drew Harnell, The Washington Post tech reporter, said that his account was also suspended from Twitter. Accounts of tech journalists at CNN and Mashable were also suspended. Donie O’Sullivan, an Irish journalist working for CNN, said that his account was suspended without any warning. He reportedly said, “Musk just seems to be stamping out Twitter accounts that he doesn’t like.”

The Committee to Protect Journalists said that the suspension of accounts was a “serious violation of journalists’ right to report the news.” A spokesperson for The New York Times said that the suspension of accounts was unfortunate.

On Wednesday, the account that tracked flights of Musk's private jet was also suspended. Musk said to not share someone's location in real-time.

Musk has also lost the title of the world’s richest man to Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of luxury goods group LVMH.