FOX Business journalist Susan Lee shares the latest files exposing the relationship between Twitter and the FBI and her latest Twitter comment on ‘The Evening Edit’.
Elon Musk commented on the controversy this week after the social media company suspended the accounts of several journalists who shared information regarding the whereabouts of billionaires, saying that the media “thinks they are better than everyone else”.
Entrepreneur David Sachs ran a Twitter poll asking “Should real-time logging be allowed on Twitter,” whether temporary account suspensions are a “reasonable” way to deal with breaches and whether corporate journalists should be required to abide by the same rules as anyone else. post user.
He later commented on the poll’s findings, writing, “Interestingly, the strongest finding is that the syndicated media is treated like everyone else. I suspect that’s why they’re acting so hysterical at the moment.”
“They think they are better than everyone else.” Musk wrote again.
Following his comment, the billionaire clarified his earlier statement, saying, “Not all journalists are bad, but many are.”
The comments came after the CEO of Twitter He went on a comment spree on Thursday. Reporters from the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Voice of America and other independent news outlets have seen their accounts murky.
Musk tweeted late Friday that the The company will lift the suspension After the results of public opinion poll on his account.
The former CEO used Twitter polls to reinstate Donald Trump’s account, reversing a ban that kept the former president off the site.
TWITTER COMMENT ON CNN, NYT, WAPO JOURNALISTS, ELON MUSK BANNES FAMILY FOR “DOXXING”
The survey showed 58.7% of respondents He favored a move to immediately unsuspend accounts with 41.3% of voters saying the suspension should be lifted within seven days.
The drama began after Musk accused a college student who had been tracking the movements of Musk’s private jet, of being responsible for an alleged encounter between his infant son and a stalker.
The company did not explain why the accounts were deleted. But Musk took to Twitter on Thursday night to call out journalists sharing private information about his whereabouts, which he described as “essentially assassination coordinates.”
Earlier Thursday, Musk defended the decision to ban multiple reporters from the platform, tweeting,The same doxxing rules apply To “journalists” as it is to everyone else.
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