Elon Musk used to call himself a free speech absolutist but since making that over-hyped claim, he’s been backtracking, adding more and more exceptions to what free speech means to him. From banning comedians making parodies of him on Twitter to banning newly-verified accounts that parodied companies. And remember that this came after he tweeted that “comedy is now legal on Twitter”. The pretense of his commitment to absolute free speech has come to the end of the road, with Musk banning the accounts of journalists that have either criticized him or investigated him.
This journalistic purge began with the suspension of ElonJet and its creator Jack Sweeney. ElonJet would tweet the position of Musk’s private jet, information that is publicly available. Musk said that the account put him and his family at risk and claimed that somebody stalked his child using it. Investigative journalism group Bellingcat found no evidence that would link the stalker to an airport and police could not confirm a report was filed about the event.
Musk repeated the accusation about Elonjet and also suspended journalists and organizations covering the story, which included IGD News, Aaron Rupar, Donie O’Sullivan, Drew Harwell, Matt Binder, Ryan Mac, Micah Lee, Keith Olbermann. “Criticizing me all day long is totally fine, but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not,” the billionaire tweeted on Thursday.
Musk then entered a Twitter Space with journalists and claimed that...
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