Thursday, Dec. 15: Twitter “permanently suspended” more than half a dozen journalists from outlets including CNN, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. The reporters had been covering the story of Twitter banning @ElonJet, an account that tweeted the whereabouts of Musk’s personal private jet using publicly available data.
Musk showed up in a Twitter Space discussing these bans, hosted by BuzzFeed News tech reporter Katie Notopoulos. Musk abruptly left the Space in the middle of Notopoulos trying to ask him a question. Shortly after his appearance, the Space suddenly ended without warning, and Twitter’s entire Spaces function was removed from the site.
Friday, Dec. 16: Spaces are restored Friday afternoon.
Saturday, Dec. 17: As of Saturday morning, Twitter reinstated the accounts of several of the banned journalists. However, Business Insider’s Linette Lopez, who has written investigations about Musk’s electric car company Tesla, and former MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann remained suspended.
Sunday, Dec. 18: Twitter banned posting links to other social platforms. Minutes after the World Cup final, Twitter announced a new rule: no more promoting your on Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Post, Nostr, and other social accounts.
In a Twitter poll on Sunday night, Musk asked if he should step down as head of Twitter.
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