Per Elon Musk
Elon Musk says everyone will be treated the same and that journalists won't be exempted from the new doxxing rules. This came after numerous journalists were reportedly suspended from the platform.
The Twitter CEO said that sharing the real-time location of someone is "inappropriate" and that others would not like that happening to them as well. In a Twitter Spaces call with a group of journalists, Musk firmly said there was no distinction between journalists and other users.
The Twitter CEO also described how some people would try to be smart about the doxxing, sharing links to other sites with real-time tracking data.
Musk: "There is not going to be any distinction in the future between journalists and regular people. Everyone's going to be treated the same. You're not special because you're journalists... you dox you get suspended. End of story."
The billionaire says he is firm on doxxing. Previously, Musk said that he wants his worst critics to remain on the social platform in the name of free speech, per Axios, which also released the names of journalists removed from the platform.
Here are the journalists suspended on Twitter:
- Ryan Mac - a tech reporter for the New York Times
- Drew Harwell - a reporter for the Washington Post
- Aaron Rupar - a journalist and an associate editor at Vox
- Donie O'Sullivan - a politics and tech correspondent for CNN
- Matt Binder - a tech reporter for Mashable
- Keith Olbermann - a sports and political commentator
- Micah Lee - a tech reporter for The Intercept
- Steve Herman - the chief national correspondent for the Voice of America
The suspension of the journalists comes after Musk suspended the Twitter account tracking his jet. Musk expressed concern after an incident where a stalker stopped in front of the car carrying his son X.
This led to a new Twitter media policy that prevents users from publishing or posting other people's private information without authorization and permission expressed. The new update reads:
"Sharing someone’s private information online without their permission, sometimes called doxxing, is a breach of their privacy and of the Twitter Rules."
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