To the list of people, Elon Musk banned from Twitter is another name-Taylor Lorenz. The Twitter CEO, Elon Musk has been banning critical journalists from the social media platform. And the new Twitter boss is not going easy on these journalists, he shared recently a condition under which these journalists can come back to the platform.
After the acquisition of Twitter, early in October, he has been causing so much chaos in the company. This starts with his decision to fire employees to imposing an $8 subscription fee for the blue ticks on the accounts. Amidst all this, he has now turned to the journalists with Taylor Lorenz being the latest victim.
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Taylor Lorenz: The Journalist Banned From Twitter
Taylor Lorenz is an American journalist from The Washington Post. She previously worked as a technology reporter for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, and Business Insider. Taylor is interested in covering news related to internet culture. She had also worked for The Daily Mail as social media editor.
The tech columnist was suspended from Twitter on December 17, 2022, after she tweeted a request to the Twitter CEO for a comment on a story that she was working with. The journalist started her Twitter journey in 2010 and had about 340,000 followers.
“Earlier tonight, Elon Musk suspended my Twitter account. I received zero communication from the company on why I was suspended or what terms I violated,” she wrote on her Substack account. The journalist had tried to contact the billionaire over the week regarding her work and Twitter was her last resort. She had just tagged Musk and had not even specified the topic she wanted to discuss.
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Elon Musk Bans Twitter Accounts Of Journalists
Last week, there had been a chain of Twitter accounts that faced suspension. These belonged to journalists from different newspapers and news channels. On December 15, 2022, Twitter had banned CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The New York Times’ Ryan Mac, and The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell. Independent journalist like Aaron Rupar, former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, and also the Insider columnist Linette Lopez.
Though the accounts of these journalists became viewable on Saturday, the account holders were not able to post anything through the account. The restriction can only be removed if the journalists remove the tweets that Musk says to have give out his “exact real-time location”. But all the journalists are sure that this is a false accusation. They also strongly debate that they haven’t violated any of the Twitter rules.
