Elon Musk had claimed that the journalists in question doxxed him by linking to ElonJet, which used publicly available data to tweet the location of his private jet, in their reporting.
"The people have spoken," Musk tweeted."Accounts who doxxed my location will have their suspension lifted now."to start a Twitter Space titled “#saveryanmac #macpack” in reference to former BuzzFeed News and current New York Times reporter Ryan Mac. More than two hours after the Space started, Musk joined the live discussion and tried to explain the reasoning behind the suspensions before fleeing as journalists attempted to question him about the decision.
The embattled new CEO of Twitter claimed that the journalists in question had doxxed him by linking to @ElonJet in their reporting. Doxxing is when private and personal information, such as addresses or phone numbers, is published. In a heated exchange, Notopolous clarified that the reporters had simply reported about the account, but Musk said posting links to the information constituted"ban evasion."
“You’re just a Twitter citizen. So no special treatment,” he said. “You dox, you get suspended, end of story.” As of Saturday morning, most of the journalists who had been suspended from the platform had their accounts reinstated. However, Business Insider's Linette Lopez, who has written investigations about Musk's electric car company Tesla, and former MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann remained suspended.
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