The billionaire, who had taken control of the social network by invoking the defense of freedom of expression, assures that the reporters participated in the dissemination of his position in real time, endangering his family. False, answers the “Washington Post”.
by Arnaud Leparmentier (New York, correspondent)
Elon Musk, Héraut self-proclaimed from freedom of expression, did he self-produce, Thursday, December 15 in the evening? The Twitter social network, acquired for $ 44 billion (41 billion euros) by the boss of Tesla and founder of SpaceX, suddenly suspended at least eight accounts of journalists who wrote about it. These include Drew Harwell (Washington Post), Ryan Mac (New York Times), Donie O’Sullivan (CNN) or Aaron Rupar, independent political journalist present on the online platform substack and strong 800,000 subscribers.
The day before, Elon Musk had started by suspending the Twitter account which followed the movements of his private jet, in the name of the protection of privacy and the endangerment of his family. “Any account revealing the real -time location information of anyone who will be suspended, because it is a violation of physical security. This includes the publication of links to sites containing real -time location information. Places where someone went with a slight delay is not a security problem, so it’s okay, “the billionaire had twist. A little later, he also suspended the personal account of the host of this account, Jack Sweney, a 20 -year -old student who had asked for $ 50,000 to stop following the Elon Musk jet.
On November 6, Elon Musk had nevertheless proclaimed himself not to commit any censorship: “My commitment to freedom of expression even extends not to prohibit the account following my plane, even if it is a risk direct for personal security, “he had twisted.
To justify the suspension of reporters’ accounts, Elon Musk twitched Thursday evening: “Criticizing me all day is completely acceptable, but revealing my position in real time and putting my family in danger is not. “Before adding:” The same rules apply to “journalists” as to everyone. “
It seems that an incident with a vehicle carrying one of the children of Elon Musk, named X, or at the origin of the acceleration of the case. “Last night, the car carrying little X to Los Angeles was followed by a crazy stalker (thinking that it was me), who then prevented the car from moving and climbed on the hood. A legal action is in Courses against Sweeney and the organizations that supported my family done, “twitted Elon Musk.
” worrying but not surprising “suspensions
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