New laws in Europe requiring “media freedom” could result in crackdown
The European Union is threatening to sanction Twitter and owner Elon Musk after he abruptly suspended the accounts of multiple journalists on Thursday.
Reporters for The New York Times, CNN, The and Mashable, along with former MSNBC and ESPN host Keith Olbermann, were among those whose accounts were shut down without explanation.
The shutdowns came after Twitter banned an account that tracked the flights of Musk’s private jets using public information, which Musk said put his and his family’s safety at risk.
While the self-proclaimed free speech champion previously said he would leave the @ElonJet account alone, Musk changed course after a supposed run-in with an alleged stalker who he said jumped on a car his 2-year-old young son was riding in Wednesday, supposedly thinking Musk was in the vehicle. Musk threatened legal action against the 20-year-old college student, Jack Sweeney, who ran the account.
Musk said the suspended profiles were of people who had posted his real-time location, describing the information as “basically assassination coordinates.“
“Criticizing me all day long is totally fine, but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not,” Musk tweeted late Thursday.
