Elon Musk suspended some journalists' accounts after accusing them of sharing location data about him.
However, one notable account, @ElonJet, remains suspended. The account's owner Jack Sweeney, 20, used publicly available flight-tracking information to tweet every time Mr Musk's jet took off and landed.On Thursday, Mr Musk said legal action was being taken against Mr Sweeney and others.
Some of the journalists suspended on Twitter had reported on the incident involving the jet tracking account. "Media freedom is not a toy," the UN's under secretary general Melissa Fleming said. "A free press is the cornerstone of democratic societies and a key tool in the fight against harmful disinformation."
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