BREAKING – Twitter to restore suspended journalist accounts including The New York Times, Washington Post & CNN
Independent – Twitter chief Elon Musk said on Saturday he would reinstate the accounts of several journalists suspended from the platform, whom the billionaire previously accused of sharing private information about his whereabouts.
“The people have spoken. Accounts who doxxed my location will have their suspension lifted now,” Mr Musk tweeted after a majority of people on the platform responding to his survey voted to have the journalists’ accounts reinstated.
On Thursday, the accounts of several journalists who covered Twitter and Mr Musk were suspended in what seemed like an arbitrary move by the company’s new boss.
The suspended accounts included those of reporters with The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, and other publications.
Mr Musk accused these journalists of sharing private information about his whereabouts that he described as “basically assassination coordinates”, while providing no evidence for his claim.
