Twitter suspends journalists who have been covering Elon Musk and the company

[Jarqui]

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

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So much for Elon's freedom of speech claim ...

[highplainsdem]

1. Beat me to it. More info here in GD:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217467985

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217468073

[Jarqui]

6. I deleted my twitter account when Musk bought twitter

At some point, we might need to consider Twitter a right wing site.

It's a short sighted move because Musk will lose more people and ads

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. Somebody is losing their mind in broad daylight.

[SheilaAnn]

3. Along with Keith Olbermann's account also being suspended. n/t

[womanofthehills]

17. They are suspended for 7 days for violating Elons new rule

Link to tweet

?s=46&t=K5X_F00glot5V0OcLUv_Ug

[regnaD kciN]

21. Except that some of them have already been notified that their suspension is now permanent...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. According to the Washington Post these journalists

did not do what Musk is accusing them of doing.

Snot nosed rich boy has a thin skin.

[dalton99a]

4. NEXT: Musk bans users for insufficient applause

[Journeyman]

9. "I didn't get a harrumph outta that guy!" . . .

[dalton99a]

11. +1

[XorXor]

5. Wow. I really didn't expect things go down this path

I figured it would be messed up, but not like this.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

14. It's bordering on surreal (nt)

[Mr. Sparkle]

7. Twitter is going down in flames

I hope he doesn't drag Tesla and SpaceX with him

[TheRealNorth]

18. I hope it does

And after that, the Devil drags him down to hell as well. Like the shadow people in "Ghost".

[regnaD kciN]

22. I hope SpaceX survives...

Tesla...? Poorly-built, overpriced vehicles that have mainly benefited from a) having the market to themselves and b) an Apple-like "cool" image that is now blown to shreds. Besides, even if Elmo wasn't having such an extended public tantrum, Tesla would be doomed anyway as soon as the other manufacturers go all-in on EVs. When you can buy them as standard vehicles from Toyota/Lexus, Honda/Acura, Mercedes, BMW, Hyndai, Kia, Ford, Chrysler or General Motors, Tesla will be dead in the water.

[ananda]

8. Goombye

...

[LiberalArkie]

10. If Musk was a normal person, he would have been checked to see if he had had a stroke

[LiberalArkie]

12. Steve Herman, Voice of America's chief national correspondent, has been suspended.

Link to tweet

[Jarqui]

13. Results of search for "suspended" on Twitter ...

https://twitter.com/search?q=suspended&src=typed_query

[joshcryer]

16. Keith Olberman has been tweeting under his dog rescue account:

https://twitter.com/TomJumboGrumbo

Apparently hasn't been suspended yet.

[SKKY]

19. I feel like we're watching someone slowly lose their shit...

...it is neither pleasant nor gratifying. Elon has been under a lot of pressure for a very long time, and I feel like he might be snapping. It could get much, much uglier before this plane lands at some point.

[regnaD kciN]

23. Or maybe he was always like this...

...and just had enough P.R. advisors to keep it hidden, until he decided that he was big and popular enough to not need them anymore. Megalomania is one hell of a drug.

[PSPS]

20. No legitimate joournalist should be using twitter as a medium of publication anyway.

[Bengus81]

25. At this point who cares? Everyone saw what it was to become literally on day one.

So now you have a POS with an ego that dwarfs Trumps. I haven't been on there since he trashed Paul Pelosi and will never go back. It's a hang out for Nazi's,Trump thugs and insurrectionists. If that "genius" thinks he's going to keep dragging $9 per month out of that crowd for nothing more than a stupid check mark he's dreaming.

RIP TWITler..................

[Vinca]

26. Donie's going to have fun with this one.