Elon Musk, self-proclaimed champion of free speech, threw his own social media platform into chaos on Thursday when he suspended several prominent tech journalists.
The new Twitter CEO kicked off several reporters for what he claims are Twitter policy violations, including CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, the Washington Post’s Drew Harwell, the New York Times’ Ryan Mac, Mashable’s Matt Binder, The Intercept’s Micah Lee, and independent journalist Aaron Rupar. Musk claimed the reporters posted his “exact real-time location” in an “obvious” violation of Twitter’s terms of service. Just a day earlier, Musk claimed a “crazy stalker” had been following a car carrying Musk’s 19-month old son and posted a video claiming to show the stalker and the driver’s license plate.
