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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Alex Woodward

‘Rule by diktat’: Press freedom and civil rights groups condemn Elon Musk’s decision to suspend journalists

REUTERS

Twitter suspended the accounts of more than half a dozen journalists who scrutinise Elon Musk and the massively influential social media platform he now owns, while one of the world’s wealthiest men accused reporters of posting “basically assassination coordinates” for him and his family.

The billionaire accused reporters of “doxxing”, or publishing private or identifying information for malicious intent, though there is no evidence that the targeted reporters had published such information.

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