After re- running a poll asking if he should "Unsuspend accounts who doxxed my exact location in real-time," Musk has begun to lift the suspensions of some journalists. The journalists did not say where he was. Out of the two options, "now" was the winner with 58.7 percent of the votes. More than 3 million people responded to the poll.
Journalists from a variety of outlets, including The New York Times, CNN, NBC, and more, had their accounts suspended on Thursday. The strike against the other accounts resulted in the suspension of the ElonJet account but it still lives on other platforms.
The accounts for CNN's Donie O' Sullivan, The New York Times' Ryan Mac, and The Washington Post's Drew Harwell were once again visible on the platform. Linette Lopez's account, as well as the ones of ElonJet and Join Mastodon, remained suspended. Musk said that the accounts who didxxed his location would have their suspension lifted now.
The policy on sharing live location information was updated this week.
At the time the journalists were suspended, the head of trust and safety said that they wouldn't make exceptions for journalists or any other accounts. Musk made his feelings clear with the language of his poll, as well as through various follow-up messages. He implied that the flight tracker had something to do with a stalker blocking a car that was carrying one of his children from moving. According to the Los Angeles Times, no crime report has been filed by the LA Police Department.
After suspending the journalists, Musk ran a poll asking when he should let them back in. Musk said he'd redo the poll because it had too many options.
Several of the suspended journalists, who had apparently been allowed to join due to a technical glitch, were among the attendees of the Musk-hosted space. Musk said before he left the call that he would be suspended. The end of the story is done. The space feature was turned off. When Notopoulos tried to join a Space, she was told she couldn't because she violated the rules.
Hours before the poll was completed and the accounts were restored, Musk declared "freedom Friday" in response to a comment from a former congressional candidate. Several prominent right-to-far-right figures, including Gateway Pundit editor Jim Hoft, were unsuspended on Friday. This seems to be part of Musk making good on his promise to give most previously-suspended accounts general amnesty, which he claims is happening due to the results of a poll.
The company had identified several policies where permanent suspension was a disproportionate action for breaking rules and that it would be reinstating accounts on a weekly basis. The people banned based on the new live tracking policy may or may not have been announced in the tweets. Musk has said that there is a 7 day suspension for doxxing, but some of the people who were affected by the ElonJet suspensions posted pictures of their suspended accounts on the social networking site.
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