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Twitter — and supporters of Musk — are now trying to pass off the growing list of bans as bans for “doxing.” But absolutely none of the posts in question appear to provide anything that constitutes any violation of Twitter rules.
This is the last tweet from CNN reporter Donnie O’Sullivan. It contains only a public statement from the LAPD on top of the information that Musk himself tweeted.
Who will rid Elon Musk of these meddlesome journalists? Apparently whatever remains of a technical team at Twitter is more than willing to pull the switch for the boss.
On Thursday night, Twitter—abruptly, and without notice or warning—began banning or permanently suspending the accounts of journalists. Those known to be affected so far span a wide variety of leading media platforms, including CNN, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, as well as online platforms like substack. All that these writers appear to have in common is that they recently reported on stories connected to Twitter CEO Elon Musk.
Some of those banned had connections with the story of the “@ElonJet” account, which Twitter banned for publishing public information about the flight schedules of Elon’s personal jet. Others reported on a post that Musk himself made earlier in the day in which he claimed that a stalker had pursued a car that he owned, believing that he was inside. Some of those banned did nothing but report on the banning of other journalist.
Those banned include such well known Twitter journalists as Aaron Rupar, and the former sportscaster and political commentator Keith Olbermann. What happens now is up to the chaos agent who has took over one of the largest media platforms in the world claiming he was a “free speech purist.”
