Elon Musk's suspension of reporters from The New York Times, CNN, and The Washington Post raises questions about news organizations’ relationship to Twitter.
, a journalist-only server on Mastodon, one of the Twitter alternatives that’s gained popularity since Musk’s takeover.Sara FischerFriday morning, what the journalists did—sharing links to an account that had publicly available information about Musk’s jet location—is not doxxing, the practice of publishing private information, such as someone’s address, email, or phone number, presumably with bad intent. “The challenge here is there is no consistency,” Fischer said of Musk’s policies.
In light of Musk’s crackdown on those who have covered him, news organizations may be reconsidering their relationship with Twitter, a platform that has been inextricably linked to the news cycle for more than a decade. It’s a question CNN’son Friday morning. Both declined to comment beyond the statements they put out last night about the bans on their journalists,
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