Elon Musk, owner of the social network Twitter, announced late Friday that the accounts of journalists whose profiles were suspended from the platform for allegedly revealing personal information about the businessman have been taken back.
This was announced by the billionaire after he conducted an open poll in which he asked if he would get his accounts back after accusing journalists of putting his family in danger.
After the poll received 58.7 percent of the vote against the suspension, Musk said, “People have spoken. Accounts that copied my location will now be suspended.”
Twitter on Thursday blocked the accounts of several journalists who reported the ban on a profile dedicated to posting real-time updates about the whereabouts of Musk’s private plane, CNN reported.
Journalists from media outlets such as ‘The New York Times’, ‘The Washington Post’ or CNN shared links to the Twitter profile in question, so the businessman deemed it necessary to suspend his accounts.
“It’s okay to criticize me all day, but it’s okay to broadcast my locations in real time and endanger my family,” the platform’s owner tweeted on Thursday.
“If someone had published the real-time locations and addresses of ‘The New York Times’ reporters, the FBI would have searched, hearings would have been held on Capitol Hill, and (Joe) Biden would have spoken about the end of democracy,” Musk said. soon..
These bans raise a number of questions about the future of the platform, as after its acquisition by the billionaire in early November, Twitter shared its aspirations to defend free speech, going so far as to unblock its former president’s account. US Donald Trump who has been in suspense since the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.