Some of those reporters had tweeted on Twitter shutting down the @ElonJet account which had posted live reports on the whereabouts of Musk’s private jet, and had tweeted about versions of that account set up on other social networks.
Twitter did not explain why these journalists’ accounts were suspended.
Among the journalists whose accounts were suspended included reporters from CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post, as well as independent journalists.
Twitter’s rival social network account Mastodon was also suspended, NBCNews reported.
Musk tweeted Wednesday that a “crazy stalker” had followed a car in Los Angeles containing one of his children and blamed the crash on following his plane. He also announced in that tweet that legal action has been taken against the @ElonJet account maintainer.
The @ElonJet Twitter account was shut down on Wednesday. Musk then tweeted that Twitter would continue to block accounts that post real-time location information as a physical security violation. This also applies to posting links to websites that have real-time location information, he added.
Musk explained that accounts will not be blocked if such information is published with a delay, thus not creating a security problem. Twitter has said it’s allowed to share a person’s location “not on the same day.”
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