Twitter blocks accounts of US journalists who report on Elon Musk
Twitter has blocked the accounts of several US journalists. These have exactly one thing in common: they reported on Elon Musk. The backgrounds.
The short message service Twitter recently blocked accounts that documented the live location of people. This also included the account @ElonJetwhich documented the live standard of Elon Musk’s private plane. According to Musk the practice of the account violates the so-called doxxing guideline.
Posting someone else’s location in real-time is against the doxxing policy, but posting delayed locations is fine.
But not only the 20-year-old student suffered this fate. Because the short message service has also blocked the accounts of numerous high-ranking US journalists.
Why is Twitter banning journalists’ accounts?
Those affected include journalists from the New York Timesthe Washington Postfrom CNN and Mashable. They all have one thing in common: they recently reported on Elon Musk.
Elon Musk also justifies the blocking of the accounts with the new doxxing guideline. Musk says it’s “perfectly okay” to criticize him “all day.” On the other hand, it is not okay to “publish your whereabouts in real time” and thus “endanger your family”.
Criticizing me all day long is totally fine, but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022
Publication of the location is not documented
According to that mirror However, it is not proven that the journalists concerned actually reported on the whereabouts of Elon Musk in real time. Musk did not provide any evidence for this.
the New York Times call the lockdown “questionable and regrettable”. Because there was no explanation from the short message service.
We hope that all journalists’ accounts will be recovered and that Twitter will provide a satisfactory explanation for this action.
Twitter: Elon Musk puts vote on unlocking
Meanwhile, Elon Musk has not just started one, but two surveys on the subject on his platform. Both surveys relate to the unblocking of accounts that revealed Musk’s precise real-time location.
Unsuspend accounts who doxxed my exact location in real time
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022
The first survey showed that 43 percent said that the blocked accounts should be unblocked again immediately. However, according to Musk, there were too many possible answers, which is why he started a second one.
Unsuspend accounts who doxxed my exact location in real time
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022
This poll will run until tomorrow morning. However, it is already around 60 to 40 percent for immediate unlocking.
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