The social media platform Twitter is on the agenda again. The reason why the platform used by millions of people was on the agenda this time was the suspended accounts. Twitter suspended the @ElonJet account belonging to 20-year-old college student Jack Sweeney, who first followed Elon Musk’s private jet. It later suspended the accounts of some journalists, including reporters from The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, and Voice of America. These moves, Musk said, “My commitment to freedom of speech extends to not banning an account that tracks my flight, even if it poses a direct personal security risk.” brought the words to mind. However, in his new statements, Musk said, “The same rules apply for journalists as for everyone. “It’s okay if you criticize me all day, but it’s okay if you disclose my real-time location and endanger my family.”
They posted my exact real-time location, basically assassination coordinates, in (obvious) direct violation of Twitter terms of service
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO TWITTER SPACES?
While there were remarkable new developments on Twitter, users began to claim that they could not access the chat rooms feature on Twitter.
While everyone was wondering what happened to Twitter Spaces, this question was asked to Elon Musk. Musk’s response was quite surprising.
Musk asked himself, “Hey Elon, what’s going on with Twitter Spaces?” The user, who asked the question and said that Twitter Spaces had an error, replied that they fixed an error and it would be working tomorrow.
REACTION TO TWITTER FROM GERMANY FOREIGN MINISTRY
According to AA’s report, the German Foreign Ministry reacted to Twitter’s suspension of the accounts of some journalists, including The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and Voice of America reporters.
In the statement made by the ministry, photos of @donie, @drewharwell, @Rmac18, @MattBinder, @webster, @micahflee and @KeithOlbermann accounts that Twitter suspended were shared.
The statement said, “Freedom of the press should not be turned on or off at will. From today, the journalists below can no longer follow, comment or criticize us. We have a problem with that on Twitter.” expressions were used.
SANCTIONAL WARNING TO TWITTER SUSPENDING THE ACCOUNTS OF JOURNALISTS FROM EU
After the news of the reaction to Twitter from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Union (EU) also warned of sanctions on Twitter, which suspended the accounts of some journalists who shared about Elon Musk.
The EU Commission reacted to the suspension of the accounts of the correspondents of media organizations such as The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and Voice of America, who shared messages about Musk, who bought Twitter, by the Twitter administration.
Vera Jourova, Vice-President of the European Commission, described the suspension of journalists’ accounts as “worrying” in a message she shared on Twitter.
Emphasizing that the EU’s Digital Services Law requires media freedom and respect for fundamental rights, Jourova said, “This is supported in our Media Freedom Law. Elon Musk should be aware of this. There are red lines. Sanctions are coming soon.” shared your message.
The EU’s Digital Services Act obliges internet platforms to warn and justify when users are suspended, for example.
Twitter did not explain to reporters why it closed the accounts, removed their profiles and past posts.