Twitter reactivates some journalists' accounts, after 58.7% of participants in Elon Musk's poll voted to lift the suspension “now” compared to 41.3% “in 7 days”
(The journalists did not reveal his real-time location.) Out of the two poll options, “now” …
The Verge Mitchell Clark
Context & Ripple Effects
Twitter had already used Musk-led polls to reinstate Trump and to announce a broader restoration of accounts that had not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam. The subsequent reinstatement of tens of thousands of larger accounts made the journalists’ case part of an emerging, poll-driven approach to account access rather than an isolated exception.
The vote to restore the journalists immediately follows the same decision pattern as the poll-based reinstatement of Trump’s account. It matters because a narrow timing question, not a published moderation process, determined when named news accounts returned.
First-order effects
- Suspended journalists whose accounts Twitter reactivated regain access immediately, while Twitter implements the poll’s “now” outcome rather than waiting a week.
- Musk’s poll becomes the operative decision mechanism for this suspension reversal, directly tying a moderation outcome to participant voting.
Second-order effects
- Other suspended account holders can point to Twitter’s recent planned general account restoration and this vote as evidence that reinstatement decisions are being reopened through broad, publicly visible criteria.
- Journalists and other frequent Twitter users face a platform where account availability can change through ad hoc polls, increasing the importance of Musk’s posted decisions alongside formal rules.
Third-order effects
- If Twitter continues applying polls to high-profile enforcement cases, moderation authority shifts toward direct owner-led plebiscites rather than consistent case-by-case policy administration.
- The sequence points to a platform-governance model in which reinstatement is increasingly broad and public, making predictability of enforcement a central institutional issue.
The trend: Twitter is moving toward owner-directed, poll-mediated account reinstatements as a visible alternative to conventional platform moderation processes.
Related: Twitter · Elon Musk's · Trump account reinstatement poll · Broad account reinstatement · Planned restoration of suspended accounts
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Discussion
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Engadget
Mariella Moon
on mastodon
Twitter reinstates accounts of suspended journalists and Mastodon
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HackRead
Habiba Rashid
on mastodon
Mastodon Account Suspended from Twitter Following Ban on Server Links
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Fossbytes
Abhishek Mishra
on mastodon
Musk Conducts Poll After Suspending Mastodon, Journalists' Twitter Accounts
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@elonmusk
Elon Musk
on x
Unsuspend accounts who doxxed my exact location in real-time
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@elonmusk
Elon Musk
on x
The people have spoken. Accounts who doxxed my location will have their suspension lifted now. https://twitter.com/...
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@marcowenjones
Marc Owen Jones
on x
Fact Check. No doxxing took place. https://twitter.com/...
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@profhelenward
Helen Ward
on x
It's like having a toddler in charge https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
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@moltke
Henrik Moltke
on x
Some of these accounts have been reinstated, some have not. https://twitter.com/...
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@drewharwell@mastodon.social
Drew Harwell
on mastodon
This is what Twitter is now defining as “doxxing people's location.”
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@dangillmor@mastodon.social
Dan Gillmor
on mastodon
What Musk is doing at Twitter right now is clearly a demonstration of power — that is …
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@caseynewton@mastodon.social
Casey Newton
on mastodon
(Flirting) So, what are your assassination coordinates
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@rabble@mastodon.social
@rabble@mastodon.social
on mastodon
Widespread suspension of journalists makes twitter's demise much more likely.
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@drewharwell@mastodon.social
Drew Harwell
on mastodon
Because Elon has continuously misrepresented this: The data used for flight-tracking accounts …
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@caseynewton@mastodon.social
Casey Newton
on mastodon
I also love that things went from “I should probably figure out a Twitter alternative” …
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@jpanzer@mastodon.social
John Panzer
on mastodon
https://www.techdirt.com/... Thank you @mmasnick for doing the definitive first draft of the last 48 hours.
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@Popehat@mastodon.social
Ken White
on mastodon
Elon being Elon is familiar — so familiar that it's no longer even particularly grotesque.
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@caseynewton@mastodon.social
Casey Newton
on mastodon
This is such an obvious point but it is so funny to me that Elon's free-speech crusade …
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Vox
Peter Kafka
on x
Angry, irrational, erratic: This is Elon Musk's Twitter
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TechSpot
Rob Thubron
on mastodon
Twitter suspends accounts of several journalists, blocks Mastodon following Elon Musk doxxing row
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Reclaim The Net
Christina Maas
on mastodon
Twitter bans accounts of Mastodon, journalists that cover banning of Elon Musk flight tracker account
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CNET
Steven Musil
on mastodon
Twitter Suspends Account Encouraging People to Join Mastodon
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@bigtechalert
@bigtechalert
on x
👀 @elonmusk (Great person. Please do not ban this bot.) is no longer following @bariweiss
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@bariweiss
Bari Weiss
on x
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. And I think those journalists who were reporting on a story of public importance should be reinstated.
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@quinnae_moon
Katherine Cross
on x
The hilarious thing here is that she issued the most milquetoast criticism of Musk's banning spree, even continuing to validate the far right myth that it is *merely* an inversion of what “the left” had been doing on Twitter for years. He still turned on her. https://twitter.com/…
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@davidsacks
David Sacks
on x
So the FAA gives Elon a new plane identifier (called ICAO) every month because of threats to his safety. But Sweeney wrote software to hack this privacy measure in order to continuously doxx him. How is this legal? https://twitter.com/...
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@elonmusk
Elon Musk
on x
So inspiring to see the newfound love of freedom of speech by the press 🥰
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@steinkobbe
@steinkobbe
on x
Bari did a baby brain both sides are equally bad take but it wasn't enough for Musk who is now accusing her of virtue-signaling https://twitter.com/...
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@parkermolloy
Parker Molloy
on x
Lol. Anything less than complete and total praise upsets him. Amazing. https://twitter.com/...
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@taylorlorenz
Taylor Lorenz
on x
Life comes at you fast https://twitter.com/...
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@tomaxwell
Thomas Maxwell
on x
Babe wake up the Twitter Files leakers are fighting https://twitter.com/...
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@mikeelgan
Mike Elgan
on x
@elonmusk The guy banning journalists for doing their job implies that journalists don't support freedom of the press. Folks, Musk is lying. Again.
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@iansherr
Ian Sherr
on x
A worthwhile read. “This is how content moderation works. There's a reason the role is called ‘Trust & Safety’ because you're trying to weigh different tradeoffs to make things trustworthy and safe. But Musk hasn't been doing that. He seems only focused on his own safety.” https:…
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@charlesarthur
Charles Arthur
on x
Area Man Disappointed That Programmer Used Programming to Find Stuff Out From Public Data https://twitter.com/...
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@robinwauters
@robinwauters
on x
Spare a thought for Elon apologists having to work really hard to empty their heads and come up with new ways to paint Musk as the victim again. Can't be an easy job these days. https://twitter.com/...
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@jpanzer
John Panzer
on x
@mmasnick has written a comprehensive take-down of Elon's last 48 hours and demonstrated Elon's total intellectual bankruptcy. (And @Jason, this sycophancy is just embarrassing for you.) https://www.techdirt.com/...
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@rvawonk
Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D
on x
This bot is about to be banned for real-time posting of Elon Musk's emotional state. https://twitter.com/...
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@chaykak
Kyle Chayka
on x
“One of the richest men in history bought something many of us use and like. Because he could. And now he's going to run it based on his whims. Because he can.” @pkafka puts it plainly https://www.vox.com/...
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@lessig
@lessig
on x
A brilliant unpacking of the insanity raging around @elonmusk. Elon Tries (Badly) To Defend The Banning Of Journalists As Twitter Starts Blocking Links & Mentions Of Mastodon | Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/...
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@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online
@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online
on mastodon
The surge continues. Averaging 3000 to 4000 new users per hour. Mastodon continues to run pretty smoothly.
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@dangillmor@mastodon.social
Dan Gillmor
on mastodon
Tried to update my Twitter profile (which already says to find me here) to be clear that I'm done posting and reading there.
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Fortune
Nicholas Gordon
on mastodon
Musk bans accounts for Mastodon, journalists in ‘doxxing’ fight over his private jet
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@loisbeckett
Lois Beckett
on x
“There are red lines. And sanctions, soon.” Officials in Europe are warning Elon Musk that Twitter's sudden suspension of multiple US journalists who reported on Musk could have broader consequences for the platform: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
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@mayemusk
Maye Musk
on x
@BBCWorld Do you want to clarify your headline? Let's be honest 😏 https://twitter.com/...
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@mattlaslo
Matt Laslo
on x
The EU likes to regulate tech—well, more so protect its citizen's private data—whereas the US Congress discusses (& usually decries) regulations for a decade before doing nothing. 🍿 https://twitter.com/...
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@lifesafeast
Jamie Schler
on x
The UN tweeted that media freedom is “not a toy” while the EU has threatened Twitter with sanctions. https://twitter.com/...
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@couts@mastodon.social
Andrew Couts
on mastodon
Musk has no obligation to reinstate any of the journalists Twitter suspended tonight, and that's both the problem and the point.
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@elonmusk
Elon Musk
on x
Follow 🐰
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@elonmusk
Elon Musk
on x
@andy0___ @sama The danger of training AI to be woke - in other words, lie - is deadly
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@iansherr
Ian Sherr
on x
Funny, something else happened around that time too. I can't quite put my finger on it... https://twitter.com/...
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@mehdirhasan
Mehdi Hasan
on x
Still can't quite figure out if Musk has gone full QAnon in the space of a matter of weeks or if this is all just an elaborate and deliberate - if reckless and dangerous - trolling operation to get more eyeballs on his new purchase. https://twitter.com/...
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@ohhkaygo
Kayla Gogarty
on x
The day after suspending journalists, Musk just reinstated at least a dozen more right-wing accounts. Among the reinstated accounts are far-right media and other figures, election and vaccine misinformers, and a white nationalist https://www.mediamatters.org/ ... https://twitter.…
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Washington Post
Heather Kelly
on mastodon
A guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodon
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Gizmodo
Mack DeGeurin
on mastodon
Elon Bans Mastodon Links as Twitter Purge Continues
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Tech.co
Isobel O'Sullivan
on mastodon
Musk Bans Mastodon and Journalists in Twitter Censorship U-Turn
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@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
Lauren Weinstein
on mastodon
Reports continue to come in of #Twitter users who are trying to edit their Twitter profiles …
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Android Headlines
Arthur Brown
on mastodon
Twitter is blocking people from posting about Mastodon
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New York Post
Ariel Zilber
on mastodon
Elon Musk goes to war with Twitter rival Mastodon, bans server links
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Fossbytes
Manik Berry
on mastodon
Twitter Won't Let You Tweet Mastodon Links Now, And Here's Why
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Rolling Stone
Charisma Madarang
on mastodon
Elon Musk's Twitter Bans and Blocks Links to Rival Mastodon
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TechCrunch
Taylor Hatmaker
on mastodon
Twitter suspends Mastodon's account and bans Mastodon links, calling them “harmful” and “malware”, after Mastodon tweeted a jet tracking account on its service
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@goldman
Jason Goldman
on x
I guess they were banned for revealing the location of where all the Twitter users are going. https://twitter.com/...
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@yair_rosenberg
Yair Rosenberg
on x
@AmyMarxkors I don't want Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, or any other dudes of this ilk deciding what can and can't be said on the internet's biggest platforms through their whims or opaque internal processes. And neither should you. It breeds anger, uncertainty, and di…
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@leah_nylen
@leah_nylen
on x
@Sherman1890 Very fair. I think you could make an argument that they dominate some kind of microblogging social network, but then you'd need to argue it's fundamentally different from other social networking like FB.
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@ericmbudd
Eric Budd
on x
“If Twitter has market power, it may have some duties to deal with competitors,” Slaiman said. “Duties to deal is an area of antitrust law that I think is really important in the tech sector, but has been aggressively narrowed” in recent decades." https://www.cnn.com/...
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@sherman1890
@sherman1890
on x
@leah_nylen Okay but if its a unilateral strategy it would require that Twitter be a dominant firm. That was the premise in FB. What does Twitter dominate?
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@mikemacagnone
Michael Macagnone
on x
Just spitballing here, but isn't Twitter blocking links to *competing* websites like Post and Mastodon exactly the kind of thing that would get the juices flowing at the FTC?
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@randfish
Rand Fishkin
on x
If it wasn't a solid alternative that lots of folks are using, he wouldn't be blocking it. That alone should convince you. https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@b_fung
Brian Fung
on x
Does Twitter blocking Mastodon links constitute anticompetitive behavior against a nascent rival? I asked a couple of legal experts, including Bill Baer, the former antitrust chief at DOJ and FTC in two US administrations. Here's what they say: https://www.cnn.com/...
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@yair_rosenberg
Yair Rosenberg
on x
@AmyMarxkors It has been clear for years that social media platforms have centralized power in the hands of wealthy elites who are not accountable to the public and whose moderation decisions lack consistency and transparency. Musk has just made this extremely obvious, but it's n…
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@leah_nylen
@leah_nylen
on x
Actually yes. This was a part of the FTC's original case against Facebook — how the company shut down links to Vine. But the judge threw out that part of the complaint (now on appeal in the state's case) https://twitter.com/...
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@carnage4life
@carnage4life
on x
If links to Mastodon are being blocked, I guess that answers the question on whether usage metrics are declining.
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@maxkennerly
Max Kennerly
on x
Took only a month for Elon to change his view on Mastodon from being joke worthy to posing such a grave threat to Twitter that he's blocking every link to every server he can find. https://twitter.com/...
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
on x
So linking to mastodon appears now forbidden. The Mastodon account is fully suspended. If you share on Twitter that it's still possible to go to Mastodon and search for the Elon+Jet account and look up publicly available info then I presume it's ok. But 🤷🏻♂️ - his platform, rule…
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@caseynewton@mastodon.social
Casey Newton
on mastodon
I have thought about it and Thursday was one of the 10 funniest days in the history of Silicon Valley
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Fast Company
Michael Grothaus
on mastodon
Twitter's latest chaos: Journalists purged, Spaces yanked, rival social network suspended
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@mmasnick@mastodon.social
@mmasnick@mastodon.social
on mastodon
Listening to the Twitter Space where Musk buddy Jason Calacanis is defending the removal …
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@forevereversley
Bradley Eversley
on x
Holy Shit. Elon Musk just popped into a Twitter Spaces chat with a bunch of journalists. He was called out by journalist Drew Harrell, who he banned, for lying about posting links to his private information, then leaves almost immediately after being pressed. Here is the exchange…
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@brenonade
Brennan Murphy
on x
Here is Elon's full appearance in @katienotopoulos' spaces with banned journalists tonight https://twitter.com/...
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@katienotopoulos
Katie Notopoulos
on x
https://twitter.com/...
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@elonmusk
Elon Musk
on x
If anyone posted real-time locations & addresses of NYT reporters, FBI would be investigating, there'd be hearings on Capitol Hill & Biden would give speeches about end of democracy!
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@maxkennerly
Max Kennerly
on x
This tweet, in which Ben accurately summarized news at Twitter using Musk's own words, prompted NBC to pull Ben from discussing Musk on-air: https://www.semafor.com/... Does @NBCNews think Ben should've lied to cover for Musk's ignorance about Twitter and corporate governance? 🤔 …
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@katienotopoulos
Katie Notopoulos
on x
somehow Twitter doesn't stop suspended accounts from joining Spaces, so @ElonJet, @drewharwell, @mattbinder (all suspended) are all here lmao https://twitter.com/...
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
on x
Twitter has a bug where suspended accounts could still use Twitter Spaces. Since everyone who knows that codebase has been fired, Twitter has shut down the entire Twitter Spaces feature. Truly a master class in how to run a social media service. https://twitter.com/...
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@lookner
Steve Lookner
on x
Twitter Spaces has been temporarily deactivated. Elon Musk claims Twitter is fixing a “legacy bug.” Earlier tonight a Twitter Space that included several of the journalists who had been suspended (and which Elon Musk briefly stopped by) had a large audience. https://twitter.com/.…
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@kattenbarge
Kat Tenbarge
on x
Elon Musk was just in a Twitter Space with a few journalists and after getting like 3 questions he had to leave because he couldn't answer a single one
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@martinfowler
Martin Fowler
on x
Musk rode into Twitter as a proud Free Speech Warrior. Last night delivered more evidence to show that, at best, he was very naive. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
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@sunnyright
Sunny McSunnyface
on x
Attacking a private sector company owner for exposing governmental corruption and media censorship isn't “speaking truth to power,” it's being a propagandist https://twitter.com/...
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@aoc
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
on x
Journalism is supposed to speak truth to power, not bow to it. https://twitter.com/...
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@onesarahjones
Sarah Jones
on x
he really had to get his mommy involved https://twitter.com/...
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@randfish
Rand Fishkin
on x
“Elmer Fudd fighting with a website full of Bugs Bunnies” 🤣 https://twitter.com/...
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@rapplerdotcom
@rapplerdotcom
on x
Melissa Fleming, head of communications for the United Nations, tweets she was 'deeply disturbed by the suspensions and that ‘media freedom is not a toy.’ https://www.rappler.com/...
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@markruffalo
Mark Ruffalo
on x
😮 The past several months have been like a Jackass episode for billionaires. https://twitter.com/...
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
on x
Here is Musk's full exchange on Twitter Space as he tried to explain himself, misrepresented what the reporter was doing, the reporter challenged him and then Musk misrepresented it again and took off. https://twitter.com/...
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@jordanuhl
@jordanuhl
on x
man just dips https://twitter.com/...
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@kattenbarge
Kat Tenbarge
on x
The New York Times wants journalists reinstated along with an explanation, and here it is. Responding to tweets about the journalists' suspensions, Elon says they were banned for “doxxing.” It's safe to say the journalists who were banned were not doxxing Elon Musk https://twitte…
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@clarajeffery
Clara Jeffery
on x
Did...Twitter just cut off a Twitter spaces that was a discussion of Elon's total hypocrisy and censorship? Do I have that right?
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@jackposobiec
@jackposobiec
on x
BREAKING: @ElonMusk just hopped on Spaces with a group of journalists and informed them the same doxxing rules apply to them and they aren't special https://twitter.com/...
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@dfriedman33
Dan Friedman
on x
As Drew Harrell noted after Musk fled without addressing questions, “Elon is trying to make this about doxxing and stalking, and that is not it.” He's banning reporters for reporting public information that does not disclose his or his families' location. https://twitter.com/...
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@mrandyngo
@mrandyngo
on x
“You're not special because you're a journalist.” @elonmusk let journalists know they're subject to the same rules. Left-wing media, many of who defended bannings, has been having meltdowns after several of their own were temporarily suspended for doxing. https://thepostmillennia…
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@alexblagg
@alexblagg
on x
just incredible stuff, and also he did this WHILE posting a redo of his own poll because he didn't like the results. Multi-tasking! https://twitter.com/...
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@mattxiv
Matt
on x
if you're wondering why twitter spaces is gone it's bc some journalists asked elon like 3 questions so he left and got rid of the entire feature https://twitter.com/...
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@bcmerchant
Brian Merchant
on x
I was prepared for the Musk twitter era to be a vainglorious train wreck, but I admit I was not prepared for just how *pathetic* it would be. The thundering about free speech followed up immediately with his banning any accounts that make him feel threatened—just so transparent h…
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@tomgara
Tom Gara
on x
Friendship ended with KATIE https://twitter.com/...
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@marisakabas
Marisa Kabas
on x
audio of elon musk joining @katienotopoulos twitter space, getting pushback about his bogus claims, and storming out (h/t @CrymsonDawn) https://twitter.com/...
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@punished_catbus
@punished_catbus
on x
Elon Musk deleting Spaces because a journalist made him cry is the most owned anyone has ever been, online
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@dellcam
Dell Cameron
on x
if you want to hear jason calacanis talk over a bunch of people for 20 minutes, here's your chance https://twitter.com/...
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@jtlol
@jtlol
on x
They don't care about censorship. They just want to be the censors. https://twitter.com/...
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@qwrrty
Tim Pierce
on x
This Twitter Space was wild. WILD. A whole slew of the #BloodyThursday banned journalists showed up. Then Elmo himself joined the chat and gave extremely awkward, evasive answers, and then fled. Then about a half-hour later the whole Space got terminated mid-sentence. https://twi…
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@fchollet
François Chollet
on x
E.M. bans a bunch of journalists critical of him, then he pops into a Space where he gets called out for lying about the official motive for the bans, can't justify himself, immediately leaves. Shortly afterwards Twitter forcefully shut down that Space. Just incredible stuff. htt…
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@cooltimesonline
@cooltimesonline
on x
a hilarious gigantic baby https://twitter.com/...
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@jonbradyphoto
Jon Brady
on x
Elon Musk tells journalists in a Twitter Space “You dox, you get suspended, that's it”, in response to criticism of his blocking of the @elonjet account - and then immediately runs away before anyone can respond. If we thought Trump had thin skin, boy oh boy... https://twitter.co…
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@eliothiggins
Eliot Higgins
on x
Elon Musk bringing the Badly Moderated Early-2000s Internet Forum experience to hundreds of millions of people.
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@koladeszn
@koladeszn
on x
Now Elon has removed space from twitter, can you give me a space in your heart? https://twitter.com/...
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@aliceavizandum
Donna Respirator
on x
Twitter Spaces no longer exist and all it took was Elon Musk getting owned in one of them one time lmao
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@mattsheffield
Matthew Sheffield
on x
This was always a lie, but tonight made it obvious. Elon Musk is a reactionary extremist who hates real free speech. He wants to make this site a safe space for neo-nazis, liars, spammers, morons, and scammers. https://twitter.com/...
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@crulge
@crulge
on x
There's a twitter space right now where Elon's lackey @jason is saying that the Elon jet account was putting children in danger. Which is funny because that guy knows a lot about flight data and endangered children https://twitter.com/...
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@ericareport
Erica Marsh
on x
Elon Musk just abruptly left a Twitter Space after being unable to answer any questions regarding the mass suspension of journalists.
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@jeretonuniverse
@jeretonuniverse
on x
For everyone is wondering why #TwitterSpaces is not working: Elon had this encounter with journalists and fled the scene, not shortly after all of the metadata of the space was deleted including access to it. Suspicions are that he turned off access to Spaces overall. https://twi…
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@rmayemsinger
Randi Mayem Singer
on x
Elon just showed up in this Space, refused to answer journalists' questions, barked some orders and stormed out. Incredible. https://twitter.com/...
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@tomgara
Tom Gara
on x
The whole thing really got nuked from space. The concept of a series of frantic late night messages among execs being told that Katie Notopoulos must be stopped is an incredible one to think about. https://twitter.com/...
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@davidlat
David Lat
on x
So apparently suspended accounts can still participate in Twitter Spaces; the recently suspended @MattBinder is in this Spaces conversation right now. I guess glitches like this happen when you fire all your engineers.... https://twitter.com/...
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@jordanuhl
@jordanuhl
on x
lol elon joined that space, got one tough question then bounced because he got cornered in his response
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@jbouie
@jbouie
on x
this guy might be the single biggest baby on the planet https://twitter.com/...
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@adribbleofink
Aidan Moher
on x
Dude coulda had it all. He coulda built spaceships and future cars, people would've loved him. Solved cold fusion. He coulda had a Fortnite skin and ended up next to Edison and Tesla in the history books without ever having to work a day in his life. But instead he chose... this.…
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@katienotopoulos
Katie Notopoulos
on x
The best part of hosting a Twitter Space with Elon Musk is that @PranavDixit had to write about it https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@pranavdixit
@pranavdixit
on x
🚨 Breaking: Elon Musk Bounced From A Twitter Space After Journalists He Suspended Tried To Ask Him Why They Were Banned https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@kimtodzi
Kim Todzi
on x
One has to admire the fact how bluntly Elon Musk demonstrates what an Orwellian farce his free speech approach is. https://twitter.com/...
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@triketora
Tracy Chou
on x
cannot wait for all the journalists to write up the insane discussion from this space https://twitter.com/...
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@johnpaczkowski
John Paczkowski
on x
Elon fled a Twitter space with most every tech reporter in the business when @katienotopoulos pressed him on this moments ago. https://twitter.com/...
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@iamsophianelson
Sophia A. Nelson
on x
He's not okay. https://twitter.com/...
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@oalexanderdk
Oliver Alexander
on x
Suspended accounts can still freely use Twitter Spaces to both talk and listen. Top tier coding at Twitter https://twitter.com/...
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@ceciliakang
Cecilia Kang
on x
The party moved to the back porch, people. Join https://twitter.com/...
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@mcuban
Mark Cuban
on x
@lexfridman @elonmusk Just the opposite. You are presuming there will be a balance in perspective among blue checks. I would bet against that. My guess is the blue checks lean pro-elon and will use the impact of blocks, mutes and likes to create intentional echo chambers that ref…
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@oliverdarcy
Oliver Darcy
on x
Musk has also banned Fox Business Network's @SusanLiTV. She said Saturday morning that the ban came Friday around 5-6pm: “After a full day of reporting on these Twitter account suspensions, I find myself in the same suspension.” https://twitter.com/...
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@ian_fraser
Ian Fraser
on x
Reinstated: Matt Binder @MattBinder Drew Harwell @drewharwell Steve Herman @w7voa Micah Lee @micahflee Ryan Mac @RMac18 Donie O'Sullivan @donie Aaron Rupar @atrupar Tony Webster @webster Still suspended: Linette Lopez @lopezlinette Keith Olbermann @KeithOlbermann
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@mattbinder
Matt Binder
on x
this is weird am i the only suspended account who was *not* asked to delete a tweet? i did not delete anything. i received no notification about which tweet got me suspended. i still have no idea yet there is a removal message/missing tweet on my profile feed https://twitter.com/…
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@oliverdarcy
Oliver Darcy
on x
The same notice is on @drewharwell's account. https://twitter.com/...
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@oliverdarcy
Oliver Darcy
on x
Musk has restored several of the journalists he banned. But there is an apparent condition to their return. A notice on @donie's account said he'd been suspended for violating Twitter rules. It required him to delete a tweet before he'd be allowed to post, with option to appeal.
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@chefjoseandres
@chefjoseandres
on x
.@elonmusk this is no way to improve “democracy”. I know what you are trying to do. But one person can not just have the power. Will be great when the decision is great. But will be horrendous when the decision is bad. Empathy, listening, respect, understanding...is the only way!…
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@saramorrison
@saramorrison
on x
It's not “all said and done.” @lopezlinette is still suspended and I don't think we've gotten any kind of explanation why. So. https://twitter.com/...
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@oliverdarcy
Oliver Darcy
on x
Just for context: This isn't necessarily a new Twitter feature. In the past, if people broke the rules, they'd be required to delete the tweet to resume posting again. The issue here is, of course, that the journalists all dispute they broke the rules with their tweets.
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@oliverdarcy
Oliver Darcy
on x
Of note: Insider's @lopezlinette and @keitholbermann still remain totally banned. https://twitter.com/...
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@choire
@choire
on x
The CEO of social media platform Gab, who signs his emails “Jesus Christ is King of kings,” also has nothing nice to say about Elon Musk's stewardship. https://twitter.com/...