FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Twitter Continues to Ban Supposedly-Reinstated Journalists
Elon Musk’s and Twitter’s Continuing Abuse of Authority Detailed
WASHINGTON—Government Accountability Project, on behalf of Voice of America’s Chief National Correspondent, Steve Herman, today wrote to the Senate and House Commerce Committees to detail the continuing suspensions of the Twitter accounts belonging to Mr. Herman’s and five other journalists.
The letter describes the irrational mistreatment of Mr. Herman – the absurd “reason” for his suspension and the subsequent demand that he excise tweets from his Twitter page as a condition for reinstatement. The letter asserts that Twitter and Elon Musk are acting arbitrarily and capriciously and therefore abusing their authority.
Mr. Herman is (or was) a frequent Twitter user. In a typical week, he posted hundreds of tweets reporting on current events. On December 14, Mr. Musk tweeted that anyone posting links to websites with real time location information would be suspended. On December 15, Mr. Herman posted three tweets containing links to @Elonject, the public social media site that uses public data obtained on public websites to report on the location and heading of Mr. Musk’s private jet. Minutes later, Mr. Herman’s account was permanently suspended. Other journalists were suspended for doing the same thing.
A firestorm of criticism ensued. On December 17, Mr. Musk tweeted that “the people have spoken” and that the suspensions would...
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