Despite threats from the European Commission to impose imminent sanctions, Elon Musk announces that it will restart the accounts of some American journalists.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter account with a photo of him in the background (AFP).
Twitter owner Elon Musk announced that he would restart the accounts of a number of American journalists who had suspended them on this social network, which caused great discontent.
“People have spoken. Accounts that have posted my location will be suspended,” the billionaire tweeted.
Twitter will start incorporating mute and block signals from Blue Verified (not Legacy Blue) as downvotes
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 17, 2022
threatened the European Union It had previously imposed sanctions on Musk, while the United Nations viewed its decision to suspend the accounts as a “dangerous precedent”.
Musk launched a Twitter poll asking whether he should restart suspended accounts immediately or within a week. About 59% of the 3.69 million Internet users who took part in the survey answered that it should be restarted immediately.
The accounts of a dozen American journalists online have been suspended. Among them are CNN staff (Donnie O’Sullivan), The New York Times (Ryan Mack), The Washington Post (Drew Harwell), and freelance journalists.
Some tweeted about ‘Twitter’s’ decision on Wednesday to suspend the account that automatically broadcast the flight path of Elon Musk’s private plane. The latter accused them of endangering his safety and that of his family.
On Wednesday, she said in a tweet that a car carrying one of her children had been tracked in Los Angeles by a “crazy stalker,” in what appeared to be a cause-and-effect relationship with the account that routed her jet. private.
And last November, Musk announcedwho decided to issue a “grateful general” for blocked accounts on “Twitter”.
And it has already brought Elon Musk back to life Activate an account Former US President Donald Trump, after a poll showed 51.8% of users agreed with the issue.
