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Commentators from both sides of the aisle and lawmakers are raising alarms about Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s move to suspend journalists who have covered him on the platform as Musk accuses them of doxing him.
A variety of celebrities and politicians throughout the country and world have slammed Musk for the suspensions, which occurred Thursday night. Musk has said the journalists, who work for outlets like The New York Times, The and CNN, have posted information about his location.
Those who were suspended were covering Twitter’s suspension of an account that tracks the location of Musk’s private jet using publicly available data. Musk defended suspending the account and those of journalists, stating on Twitter that “Criticizing me all day long is totally fine, but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not.”
Musk has described himself as a free speech “absolutist” and previously said he would not suspend the account tracking his flight locations, but some are now criticizing Musk for hypocrisy on what speech is accepted on the platform.
