Musk Lets Journos Out of Twitter Jail, but EU, UN Are Ticked

"The people have spoken." That was Elon Musk's overnight tweet on Friday announcing the results of his most recent poll, which asked his followers when to unsuspend the various reporters Twitter suspended earlier in the week for what Musk claims was real-time "doxxing" on his location. What those who took the poll decided: that the reporters should be allowed back on Twitter immediately, by a vote of 58.7% to 41.3%. Reuters notes that the account reinstatements—including for New York Times tech reporter Ryan Mac, independent journalist Aaron Rupar, Washington Post tech reporter Drew Harwell, and CNN correspondent Donie O'Sullivan—came after much backlash on the suspensions. More on what's unfolded:

• Weiss' reaction: Bari Weiss, one of the independent journalists who's been helping Musk and fellow journalist Matt Taibbi roll out the "Twitter Files," wasn't pleased with the suspensions. "The old regime at Twitter governed by its own whims and biases and it sure looks like the new regime has the same problem. I oppose it in both cases," she tweeted Friday morning, asking for the journalists' reinstatement.
• Musk's reaction to Weiss: "What should the consequence of doxxing someone's real-time, exact location be?" Musk tweeted back at her. "Assume your child is at that location, as mine was." He apparently didn't like Weiss' lengthy reply to him, because a bot later showed he unfollowed her on Twitter.
• What 'doxxing' is he talking about? Musk has claimed that a "crazy stalker" attacked his car while his young son was inside, and he blames the flight tracker account that he banned. But the LAPD says no police report on that alleged incident has yet been filed, per the Los Angeles Times; some of the journalists who'd been suspended had tweeted out that fact shortly before being suspended.
• Did the journalists dox Musk? That depends on who you ask and how you define the term, per an AP story that dives deep into the meaning of "dropping documents" on someone.

• Reaction from the UN, EU: The international body says it's "very disturbed" by the journalist suspensions, with a spokesperson noting Friday that they set a "dangerous precedent," per the Guardian. Meanwhile, the European Union says Musk could face sanctions for running afoul of its Digital Services Act, which mandates platforms respect media freedom.
• Reaction from newsrooms: Media outlets representing a few of the previously suspended journalists have issued statements decrying the move, per Axios. One example from Sally Buzbee, executive editor of the Washington Post, on the suspension of WaPo's Harwell: The ban "directly undermines Elon Musk's claim that he intends to run Twitter as a platform dedicated to free speech." Media groups are also trying to figure out how to more aggressively respond, with sources telling Semafor they're considering everything from pulling Twitter coverage to yanking advertising.
• Still banned: Not everyone suspended this week has been let out of Twitter jail. Matt Binder, a tech reporter for Mashable who was one of the unsuspended journalists, notes that Insider tech journalist Linette Lopez was suspended Friday. The Daily Beast reports that Lopez "spent years aggressively covering Musk's businesses." She tells the outlet she didn't tweet anything about the location of Musk's jet before her suspension and doesn't know why she's been banned.
• Still banned II: Political commentator Keith Olbermann remains suspended, though he's apparently been tweeting from his dog rescue account. Musk has taken notice, but he's offered no insight into why Olbermann was banned and remains so.

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