Elon Musk Suspends Twitter Accounts of CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, the Washington Post’s Drew Harwell, Others for Covering His ‘Exact Real-Time Location’
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has suspended accounts of several prominent journalists on the micro-blogging platform, including Donie O'Sullivan from CNN and Drew Harwell from The Washington Post as they covered the "exact real-time location" of Musk.
While one user commented, "Most regular users come here for the journalists. Once they're gone, so is your audience", another said: "When are you going suspend @weatherchannel & @JMichaelsNews for doxxing the real live locations of all these tornado survivors in Gretna, Louisiana? You promised a dedication to free speech & now you are the suppressor." Elon Musk Tweets ‘I Love Barbara Streisand’ After Twitter Suspends Accounts of Journalists Critical of Him.
Meanwhile, the micro-blogging platform also suspended the official account of Mastodon, a platform for people seeking a Twitter-like alternative.
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