Twitter boss Elon Musk wants to lift the internationally criticized blocking of several journalists’ accounts with the short message service. The billionaire and Tesla founder announced this via tweet today in response to a short-term poll on Twitter, in which 58.7 percent of the participants said they wanted the recently blocked accounts to be unlocked immediately.
“People have spoken. The accounts that posted my location will now be unblocked,” Musk tweeted.
Twitter on Thursday blocked the accounts of several US journalists who recently reported on Musk. Musk accused them of sharing the real-time location of his private jet in violation of the ban on sharing personal information, known as “doxing.” Such behavior endangers the safety of his family, Musk said.
The EU Commission criticized the procedure and said that it was considering the consequences out of concern for press freedom. Criticism also came from the governments of France, Great Britain and Germany as well as from the United Nations.