Twitter restores accounts for Mastodon and journalists who were arrested

TwitterDeclare via the security account that “I selected several policiesThe permanent suspension was adisproportionate punishment for violating the Twitter Rules. Twitter has already begun to reinstate accounts suspended for violating these rules. The tweet continued. More suspensions will be lifted each week over the next month. Twitter didn’t say what policies were being discussed or which accounts would be restored. However, the accounts were checked. mastodonJournalists who were previously banned by the website’s new rules regarding inference are now back on track.

We need to go back several days in order to understand what happened. Over the past week, several accounts were banned from the site. The first was @ElonJet, which was responsible for tracking Elon Musk’s private jet flights using publicly available data. Other accounts that tracked planes of high-profile people and government agencies were also banned.

Musk is paying for his mistakes announceAny account that “doxxes real-time location information on anyone” will be removed. He said that the car carrying his child had been “followed” by a “crazed stalker” and that they were taking legal action against Jack Sweeney (college student who runs @ElonJet and other organizations that supported harm). [his] family. ElonJet’s account is still suspended as of this writing.

Twitter suspended Mastodon’s account shortly after it tweeted the link to the Mastodon account. It should be noted, however, that Twitter seems to have it. He started reporting postscontaining the word “Mastodon”, as “sensitive content” days before it happened. Users also found themselves Unable to add links to Mastodon servers.

Twitter suspended a file, in addition to Mastodon. Accounts of many journalistsReporters who cover Elon Musk and the social media network. Many of them spoke about Sweeney, or were connected to ElonJet in one way or another. Musk responsesTwitter’s new rules for inference made it impossible for journalists to ask questions about the event. One of the journalists banned Washington PostDrew Harwell posted a screenshot from the tweet that was flagged by the site for doxxing. It was a report by Mastodon commenting on the tweet @ElonJet.

Musk was arrested after the journalists were detained. Post a pollAsking people if they think he should restore accounts of users who have removed their exact location in real-time “now” or within 7 days. Mask chose the “now” option. a promiseThese accounts will be reinstated. Twitter has so far reinstated Harwell’s account and accounts New York Times Ryan MacThen there’s the Mashable Matt BenderThen there’s the intersection Mika LeeThen there’s the CNN Donnie O’Sullivan. Keith OlbermannTwitter suspended the account, and it isn’t clear if Twitter will lift the suspension of @ElonJet in the coming days.