new Delhi: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has announced Twitter is lifting a ban on suspended accounts that were accused of doxing Musk’s real-time location. He has received a lot of backlash for suspending accounts of several journalists from CNN to Washington Post to Mashable.
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Elon Musk started a poll asking Twitteratis when they should cancel accounts that docked their precise location in real-time. 58.7% of users said ‘right now’ to suspend accounts that were accused of doxing their exact location in real time. While 41% of the users said to cancel the suspension in 7 days.
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He said that the public has spoken. The suspension of accounts that docked my location has now been lifted.
The public has spoken.
The suspension of accounts that dox my location will now be lifted. https://t.co/MFdXbEQFCe— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 17, 2022
Elon Musk banned the Twitter accounts of several journalists
Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists who recently wrote about its new owner Elon Musk. Responding to a tweet on the account suspension, Elon Musk tweeted: “The same doxing rules apply to ‘journalists’ as to everyone else.”
EU warns Elon Musk of facing ‘sanctions’ for crossing red line
The European Union on Friday warned Twitter’s new chief Elon Musk could face sanctions under a future media law, following his recent “worrying” action to suspend several journalists from Twitter.
“The reports of arbitrary suspension of journalists on Twitter are worrying. The EU’s Digital Services Act requires media freedom and fundamental rights to be respected. This is reinforced under our #MediaFreedomAct. @elonmusk should be aware of this. There are red lines. More sanctions, soon,” EU Commissioner Vera Jourova said after Elon Musk’s discretionary action.