Elon Musk Suspends Prominent Journalists, Halts Twitter Space

Twitter Inc.’s live audio platform, Twitter Spaces, is down after several journalists who had their accounts suspended recently discovered they could still participate there. Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, announced late on Thursday that the organization was resolving an old bug. Later he said that the audio service “should be working tomorrow.”

Earlier that evening, Musk’s network suspended journalists for seven days. However, including those from CNN, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, for allegedly leaking the location of his private jet.

Elon Musk’s conversation drew 40,000 listeners

Two of the suspended reporters are Matt Binder of Mashable and Drew Harwell of the Washington Post. They both joined BuzzFeed News reporter Katie Notopoulos on Twitter Spaces to discuss the sudden wave of bans. This ban came without warning to either the journalists or their publications. They could no longer post new tweets, and their old ones were no longer accessible. However, they could still communicate using the Spaces service.

Elon Musk also joined the session after it attracted thousands of listeners to bluntly state that anyone who “doxxes,” or divulges another person’s personal location, will be suspended. He countered that the journalists had not published any real-time flight data, but by that time the billionaire had ended the call. At its height, the conversation drew more than 40,000 listeners.

Germany’s reaction to Musk’s decision

According to a later tweet from Notopoulos, Twitter Spaces crashed while her session was still going on, disconnecting everyone. There is currently no recording or information on Twitter about that session.

Whether Spaces is back tomorrow or not, Twitter’s recent lofty declarations about Twitter 2.0. However, its “continued commitment to the public conversation” is wholly inconsistent with what has happened over the last 24 hours.

Elon Musk’s decision to block journalists on Twitter is being discussed by the German foreign ministry. They said press freedom could not be switched on and off at will.

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