Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter

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Elon Musk made a big effort to restrict the press when he suspended the Twitter accounts of several prominent journalists.

Musk had threatened to suspend any Twitter accounts that published real-time information on a person’s location.

The accounts of Donie O’Sullivan, Ryan Mac, Drew Harwell, and other reporters have all been abruptly and permanently suspended.

Musk stated that the journalists had broken his new “doxxing” policy by disclosing his “exact real-time” location.

Musk’s precise real-time location didn’t appear to be provided by any of the journalists who were banned.

CNN issued a statement denouncing the “impulsive and unjustified” suspension of O’Sullivan and others from Twitter.

Musk later reaffirmed his allegation that he had been doxxed in a Twitter Spaces hosted by a BuzzFeed journalist.

Doxxing is the act of publicly disclosing a person’s home address or other private information online.

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