Drew HarwellThis 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.
The link in this tweet - https://t.co/X8n9xSRld9 - just referred to itself. The tweet included two screenshots (below) but no direct link to @elonjet or the flight-tracking data at ADS-B Exchange. The tweet does not break the rules, unless there is a new rule saying you can't acknowledge that flight-tracking data exists on the internet.
For anyone wondering, I'm still unable to access Twitter until I delete this tweet, which is factual journalism that doesn't even break the location rule Twitter enacted a few days ago. The account isn't marked as suspended anymore, but I can't use it or see tweets from people I follow. Using Mastodon exclusively for now and actually really enjoying it.
Been five days since Twitter suspended a bunch of journalists, including me, for tweeting out factual reporting. And we're still suspended.
CNN's @donieosullivan, NYT's Ryan Mac and I can't access Twitter until we delete specific tweets that they said included "private information" but were actually just reporting.
Journalists Linette Lopez and Susan Li, who also covered Musk, are still suspended. No explanation given.
Anne Ursu@drewharwell @donieosullivan Sir, if the media companies in general are offering their reporters support and taking any kind of stand? It feels like everyone is being hung out to dry (or actively punished, as NBC did.)
Karen Strickholm@KarenStrickholm @drewharwell @donieosullivan they suspended Ben Collins for his reporting on Elon Musk.
Jalyced@anneursu @KarenStrickholm @drewharwell @donieosullivan Not surprising. There is little in the news about Musk since this began. Today was the first day I was able to find anything and it was regarding Tesla stock pricing. Somebody is pulling the strings and that’s exactly what Musk wants to do. Control the message. He isn’t the only villain. Mastodon looks like a place for journalists to write freely. I miss true investigative reporting.
@jalyced @anneursu @drewharwell @donieosullivan All the news rooms run so lean, and investigative reporting often takes $$$. Why does it always have to boil down to the almighty dollar.
@KarenStrickholm @anneursu @drewharwell @donieosullivan the Oligarchs wish to control the message. Independent writers/reporters will have to do the investigative reporting, but you are correct, that takes money especially if travel is needed to investigate