Drew HarwellDec 17, 2022
This is what Twitter is now defining as "doxxing people's location." A factual piece of reporting about the company blocking a competitor. Can't do anything until I delete it.
Show threadSophie Zhang (张学菲)Dec 17, 2022

@drewharwell the linked article was this, right? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/14/elonjet-twitter-suspension-jack-sweeney-talks/

My guess is that he referred to the link to ElonJet on IG in the article. Problem is that if you define linking to something that contains a link to the problematic material as problematic, where do you stop? All the interwebs is interconnected

Musk bans Twitter account tracking his jet, threatens to sue creator

Musk, a self-described “free speech absolutist,” had been critical of the account but pledged last month to keep it online.

The Washington Post
Show threadSophie Zhang (张学菲)Dec 17, 2022
@drewharwell Also, others don't seem to have been banned for tweeting the article. That implies that you're being banned for writing something off-platform, which is... deeply unusual.
Show threadDrew HarwellDec 17, 2022
@szhang_ds Yes. So the precedent now is that a journalist covering a news story can be banned for even referencing the existence of an account that uses public and legally acquired flight data on an entirely different website.
Show threadSophie Zhang (张学菲)

@drewharwell

Two separate points here:
- Ban for linking to something that contains a link to problematic material. Huge potential for abuse. You can now argue for banning e.g. Google, since it can link to a lot of problematic material incl. ElonJet.

- Others don't seem to be banned for linking to your article. Implies you were singled out as the article author.

Unclear why Linette Lopez was banned but may also be for this reason.

Bans for activity off-site are highly unusual and typically reserved for what FB calls "dangerous organizations" - i.e. Al Qaeda/ISIS/etc. are banned regardless of what they try to post. This aspect seems the most dangerous because the rest only affects Twitter as a platform, but this induces people to censor themselves off Twitter as well for fear of being banned.

Dec 17, 2022 at 6:30amWeb
Show threadDave DiBonaDec 17, 2022
@szhang_ds @drewharwell She has been writing critically of Tesla for a while now....so she hurt his image and feelings