Twitter Suspends Accounts of Half a Dozen Journalists

“Twitter suspended the accounts of roughly half a dozen journalists on Thursday, the latest change by the social media service under its new owner, Elon Musk,” the New York Times reports.

“The accounts suspended included Ryan Mac of The New York Times; Drew Harwell of The Washington Post; Aaron Rupar, an independent journalist; Donie O’Sullivan of CNN; Matt Binder of Mashable; Tony Webster, an independent journalist; and the political journalist Keith Olbermann. It was unclear what the suspensions had in common; each user’s Twitter page included a message that said it was suspended for ‘violating the Twitter rules.'”

Washington Post: “The suspensions Thursday evening came without warning or explanation from Twitter.”

Rolling Stone: “The Twitter account encouraging users to join rival social network Mastodon has been suspended.”

Political Wire is on Twitter for now, but also on Mastodon and Post.