Reporters from the Washington Post, New York Times, and others were banned for sharing publicly available information.
Elon Musk banned at least nine journalists from Twitter on Thursday night in a mass purge by arguably the pettiest man on the planet. And while the journalists haven’t been told what caused the bans, it appears that many had tweeted about the Twitter account that tracked Elon’s private jet using publicly available information.
The bans, called “permanent suspensions” in Twitter lingo, come after Musk banned the @ElonJet account on Wednesday, later explaining that he believed it was a threat to his family’s safety. Musk has said he’s going to take legal action against the college student who ran the account. Just a few weeks earlier, Musk had insisted the account wouldn’t be banned because he believed in free speech so much.
Musk appeared to confirm the bans were all about his private jet, writing on Twitter late Thursday, “Same doxxing rules apply to ‘journalists’ as to everyone else.
