The Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz became the latest journalist to be banned from Twitter, following the recent wave of suspensions by CEO Elon Musk.
Many advertisers abandoned Twitter over content moderation questions after Musk acquired it in October, and he now risks a rupture with media organizations, which are among the most active on the platform.Business Insider's Linette Lopez was suspended Friday, also with no explanation, she told The Associated Press. Lopez published a series of articles between 2018 and 2021 highlighting what she called dangerous Tesla manufacturing shortcomings.
The same day, she cited reports that Musk was reneging on severance for laid-off Twitter employees, threatening workers who talk to the media and refusing to make rent payments. Lopez described his actions as"classic Elon-going-for-broke behavior." Alarm over the suspensions extended beyond media circles to the United Nations, which was reconsidering its involvement in Twitter.
Several of the reporters suspended Thursday night had been writing about the new policy and Musk's rationale for imposing it, which involved his allegations about a stalking incident he said affected his family Tuesday night in Los Angeles. The Washington Post's executive editor, Sally Buzbee, said technology reporter Drew Harwell"was banished without warning, process or explanation" following the publication of accurate reporting about Musk.
Another suspended journalist, Matt Binder of the technology news outlet Mashable, said he was banned Thursday night immediately after sharing a screenshot that O'Sullivan had posted before his own suspension.
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