Twitter CEO Elon Musk's recent suspension spree has splintered his supporters who initially cheered his $44 billion takeover, even drawing backlash from journalists behind the Twitter Files.
Twitter suspended a handful of accounts from journalists late Thursday whom Musk accused of disseminating information about his personal location. The move has riled those who were initially giddy about the prospects of him revitalizing the social giant's free speech platform."The old regime at Twitter governed by its own whims and biases and it sure looks like the new regime has the same problem. I oppose it in both cases.
So, in short, I’m against the Twitter suspensions, even for garbage pseudoreporters like Rupar, at least based on posting links to publicly available flight info. At the same time, their caterwauling now is hilarious given their enthusiasm for opaque Twitter censorship.Breaking Points co-host Saagar Enjeti rejected Musk's rationale for the suspension, contending that court precedents have affirmed that flight data qualify as free speech under the First Amendment.
The reporters suspended include Ryan Mac of the New York Times, Donie O'Sullivan of CNN, Drew Harwell of the Washington Post, Matt Binder of Mashable, Micah Lee of the Intercept, Steve Herman of Voice of America, and independent journalists Rupar, Keith Olbermann, and Tony Webster. "Why didn’t the journalists upset about Elon Musk’s decision to ban people for doxing make any noise when Twitter suspended the New York Post and censored the Hunter Biden laptop report," conservative pundit Ian Miles Cheong tweeted.
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