Ryan Mac of The New York Times is one of the reporters whose accounts have been suspended.
The reporters who have been banned seem to have recently commented on Musk's attempt to crack down on the sharing of his private jet. The head of trust and safety at the company pointed to a policy update the company made yesterday prohibiting the sharing of "live location information, including information shared on Twitter directly or links to 3rd party URL(s) of travel routes."
I can confirm that any accounts that violate our privacy policies and put other users at risk will be suspended. There are no exceptions to this policy for journalists or any other accounts.
There are no exceptions to this policy for journalists or any other accounts.
The location of Musk's private jet has always been a problem. He offered the manager of the account dedicated to tracking it thousands of dollars to take it offline. He said on Wednesday that the account had been used to find and climb on the hood of a car carrying one of his children. He posted a video of the alleged stalker and his license plate with the caption, " anyone recognize this person or car?"
The owner of the ElonJet account, Jack Sweeney, was the one who suspended the account on the same day. Journalists were included in the enforcement today.
One of the reporters who was suspended said in an email that he had not received a single communication from the social networking site. I don't know what triggered this. In a story on his Substack, he said that he posted a link to the Facebook page of the account that was suspended from the social networking site.
The New York Times and Ryan have not received an explanation about why this happened, according to a statement from the paper's spokesman. We hope that all of the journalists' accounts are back up and running.
Journalists aren't the only ones who have been suspended. Commentator Olbermann has been suspended, as well as the account for ADS-B Exchange, which is described as the world's largest source of open unblocked flight data for enthusiasts. According to a Way Back Machine archive, the account recently quoted someone trying to track Musk's jet.
Even though it could cause him harm, Musk held up the ElonJet account as the type of thing he would allow on the platform. He said that his commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following his plane.
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