Elon Musk suggests journalists want to harm him and his family after restoring suspended Twitter accounts.
Elon Musk lifted a suspension on Twitter accounts after a poll answered by 3.1 million people.He agreed with a user who said journalists wanted to cause him and his family harm or harassment.Elon Musk suggested the was"no other reason" journalists had for allegedly"doxxing" him than as an attempt to cause harm to him and his family, moments after restoring some blocked Twitter accounts.
But shortly after lifting the suspension, Musk replied to a tweet from a user who wrote:"The only reason these so-called journalists would want to dox @elonmusk real time location is because they want him and his family harassed or harmed," adding a political message that the left use violence when they"don't get their way.
After 3.1 million votes, 58.7% of users voted in favor of lifting the suspension, compared with 41.3% who voted for it being lifted in seven days' time. Musk banned the accounts of journalists including CNN's Donie O'Sullivan, the Washington Post's Drew Harwell, and Ryan Mac from the New York Times.Wednesday suspension of Jack Sweeney's accountThe journalists made reference to Sweeney's @ElonJet account, but didn't make reference to Musk's location in their reporting.
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