On Thursday night, Twitter suspended a number of left-leaning media personalities from the platform.
Reporter Drew Harwell from the Washington Post, reporter Ryan Mac from the New York Times, and progressive blogger Aaron Rupar all had their accounts suspended.
The bans appeared to be tied to the publication of material about @ElonJet, a Twitter account that followed the private jet of Twitter founder Elon Musk in real-time.
Reporters covering Elon Musk being nuked:
Donie O’Sullivan, @CNN
Drew Harwell, @washingtonpost
Ryan Mac, @nytimes
Aaron Rupar, independent pic.twitter.com/1x9oJijobA— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) December 16, 2022
According to Musk’s tweet, the suspended accounts violated the platform’s doxing policies by disclosing private information about users in a way that puts them at risk of danger.
They had communicated information that amounted to “assassination coordinates,” according to the multibillionaire, in clear violation of Twitter’s terms of service.
Following the temporary restrictions, Musk stated that journalists would be subject to the same terms of service as other Twitter users under his rule.
They posted my exact real-time location, basically assassination coordinates, in (obvious) direct violation of Twitter terms of service
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022
The accounts would be permitted to return to the network after seven days, according to Twitter’s new owner.
Accounts engaged in doxxing receive a temporary 7 day suspension
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022
Keith Olbermann, a progressive extreme notorious for sending threatening tweets to his political rivals, was also suspended on Thursday night.
Olbermann would be reinstated on Twitter following a seven-day suspension, according to Musk.
He declared that taking a break from Twitter was healthy for the soul.
7 day suspension for doxxing. Some time away from Twitter is good for the soul …
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022
Twitter’s new rules show that doxxing is not going to fly on Elon’s site and it is about time.
All sites should not allow anyone to post someone’s movements and share them publicly.
Especially when it is done in a threat to cause harm to another.
We all know that the left is completely unhinged and the last thing they need is information that they could use to harm someone.
