Twitter suspends accounts belonging to several prominent journalists reporting on the company’s owner, Elon Musk.
Some of the persons that had their accounts suspended include reporters for The New York Times, CNN, and Washington Post.
The list of banned journalists also includes The Intercept’s Micha Lee, Mashable’s Matt Binder, and independent journalists Aaron Rupar, and Tony Webster.
A Twitter spokesperson told a tech website, The Verge that the ban was related to the live sharing of location data.
This suspension is coming after Musk vowed to sue the owner of a profile that tracks his jet.
CNN said the “impulsive and unjustified suspension of several reporters…is concerning but not surprising”. It has asked Twitter for an explanation and will “reevaluate our relationship based on that response”.
CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, whose account was among those suspended, said the move was significant for “the potential chilling impact” it could have on journalists, particularly those who cover Musk’s other companies.
Musk did not comment directly on the suspensions, but posted a tweet saying, “criticising me all day long is totally fine, but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not”.
