Elon Musk restores Twitter accounts of journalists

Elon Musk drew criticism after Twitter banned accounts of several prominent journalists who wrote about him.

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The tech billionaire had cited changed doxxing policies for banning those journalists.

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All those twitter accounts have now been restored.

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German foreign minister had earlier threatened to leave Twitter after journalists’ accounts were banned.

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Major news media organizations including, New York Times had issued a statement asking Twitter to explain why they banned their journalists’ accounts.

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