Fri Dec 16, 2022 – 2:18 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) – Twitter suspended the accounts of several left-leaning journalists Thursday evening, on the grounds that they violated the platform’s new anti-doxxing policy.
The journalists include Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, New York Times technology reporter Ryan Mac, Micah Lee of The Intercept, and Keith Olbermann. Twitter CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the accounts were suspended Thursday, responding to a tweet from Pirate Wires editor-in-chief Mike Solana, saying “Same doxxing rules apply to ‘journalists’ as to everyone else.”
They posted my exact real-time location, basically assassination coordinates, in (obvious) direct violation of Twitter terms of service
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022
“They posted my exact real-time location, basically assassination coordinates, in (obvious) direct violation of Twitter terms of service,” Musk continued.
Musk also clarified that the suspensions would last for a week. He also posted a Twitter poll asking if he should reinstate the journalists.
Musk later appeared in a Twitter Space call which featured Harwell, who managed to get onto the platform using an audio function. The call, hosted by Katie Natopolous of Buzzfeed, had some 30,000 listeners.
During Musk’s appearance, Musk
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