A number of prominent journalists who have reported on Elon Musk appear to have been temporarily or permanently suspended from the platform.
The accounts of tech reporters at CNN, the Washington Post, Mashable and the New York Times were suspended Thursday evening. All had recently published articles about a Twitter account that had information about Elon Musk's private jet.
Ryan Mac, a New York Times reporter, wrote on a new Twitter account that he was given "no warning" before the account was suspended and that he had received no communication from the company as to why his account was "suspended forever".
In a series of tweets late Thursday, Musk said: "Criticizing me all day is perfectly fine, but reporting my location in real time and putting my family at risk is not."
Articles about Musk that some journalists had published before the accounts were suspended did not include any information about his real-time whereabouts, or the whereabouts of any of his family members. The articles focused on ElonJet , an account that had posted the location of the billionaire's private jet as it traveled to various cities.
The Committee to Protect Journalists said that if these actions by Musk are confirmed as retaliation for the work of journalists, it would be a "serious violation of the right of journalists to report the news without fear of retaliation."
A Twitter representative told The Verge: "Without commenting on any specific account, I can confirm that we will suspend any account that violates our privacy policies and puts other users at risk."
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