Although banning the reporter's Twitter account was just an emergency , it aroused strong opposition from netizens and was even warned by EU , but Musk said that Twitter is hot again now, and such a confusing hype incident actually happened like this:
On December 15, Musk posted: "Last night, a car carrying lil in Los Angeles was carrying lil in Los Angeles last night. X's car was followed by a crazy stalker (think it was me), who later stopped the car and climbed onto the hood. Legal action is being taken against Sweeney and the organization that supported my family. "
and lil X is Musk's baby son "X Æ A-12", nicknamed "X".
made Musk very nervous for a moment. This was the first time that Musk truly felt that his personal safety was threatened. .
So Musk published the stalker's vehicle and appearance on Twitter and asked netizens to help him search.
and Musk also banned all accounts on Twitter that share real-time location information.
Musk said: "Any account that shares real-time location information for anyone will be suspended because it is a violation of personal safety, which includes publishing links to sites with real-time location information. Posting a slight delay in the location where someone travels is not a security issue, so it doesn't matter."
For this reason, the account that specifically shares Musk's private plane trajectory and CNN reporter Donie O'Sullivan, New York Times technology reporter Ryan Mac, Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell, The Intercept reporter Micah Lee, Mashable writer Matt Binder, former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann and former Vox reporter Aaron Rupar, have been banned.
However, Musk still maintained democratization of the ban on accounts and launched a vote to the public to "cancel and suspend the implementation of the account search for my exact location".
Finally, 535233 people voted, 43% of them supported the ban on accounts immediately, and many people also supported the ban for a longer period of time.
After the vote, Musk also said: "If someone publishes the real-time location and address of the New York Times reporter, the FBI will launch an investigation, Capitol Hill will hold an hearing , and Biden will deliver a speech on the end of democracy!" expressed dissatisfaction with these reporters' exposure of their real-time location.
In the end, Musk decided to suspend and block these accounts that publish real-time location information for 7 days.
And Musk further explained the reason for banning his account: "They posted my exact real-time location, which was basically the assassination coordinates, which directly violated the Twitter service terms."
horse Ske also said: "It's okay to scold me all day long. My real-time location will harm my family."
Some netizens also confirmed the banned account, saying that they have confirmed that about half of the banned accounts have indeed shared links to Musk's real-time information on their private planes, which violates Twitter's new "human search" policy.
On the evening of December 15, Musk discussed the topic of banning reporters in the Twitter Spaces conference chat hosted by the news aggregation website Buzzfeed reporter Katie Nottopoulos.
Musk said: "Yes, so I'm sure it's not appropriate for everyone who is being searched for real-time information about someone's location, and I don't think everyone on this call wants to do that to them. There won't be any difference between journalists or so-called journalists and ordinary people in the future, and everyone will be treated the same way.”
Musk further stated: "You are not special because you are a reporter, you are just a user and citizen of Twitter, so there is no special treatment. You search for human flesh so you were suspended. The story ends. "
Musk further explained: "The link to publishing real-time information smartly is obviously just trying to escape the rules, and there is no difference from actually sharing real-time information. "
, but banned from using Twitter, Drew Harwell, a reporter from Washington Post, claimed that Musk inferred the information incorrectly. Harwell said that he had never shared Musk's address, but admitted that he had posted ElonJet's link in the process of reporting ElonJet.
, and ElonJet is a Twitter account that specializes in sharing Musk's real-time trajectory of the real-time trajectory of Musk's private jet, so the link to sending ElonJet is regarded as sharing Musk's real-time location information. . This account has also been banned by Musk.
But as public opinion fermented, more and more netizens expressed dissatisfaction with Musk's ban on these accounts. For this reason, Musk launched another vote on "cancel and pause real-time search for accounts in my exact location" on December 16. Currently, 2298,605 people participated, and 58.5% of people supported the cancellation.
Obviously, most netizens directly unblocked these accounts that shared Musk's real-time location immediately. It seems that Musk has to follow the results of the vote to unblock these accounts after the vote.
However, Musk also said that if non-public data is not used, his private plane cannot be tracked in real time. Obviously, the ElonJet account is deliberately leaking Musk's privacy.
No matter what, Musk's ban on these accounts is contrary to his promise of "freedom of speech", and the ones banned are CNN and Washington. The reporter's account of the Post and the New York Times will inevitably bring great negative effects.
However, more serious things are still behind. Europe's incident of banning reporter's account from Twitter has caused a strong response!
European Commission Vice President of Values and Transparency, said: "The EU's Digital Services Act requires respect for media freedom and basic rights, and Musk should be aware of this. ”
Jorova further said: “There are red lines and sanctions, and it will be very soon. ”
In late November, senior EU official Thierry Breton warned Musk that social media platforms must take major measures to comply with the EU’s content review laws. Breton said at the time: “Twitter will have to implement transparent user policies, significantly strengthen content review and protect freedom of speech, resolutely resolve false information, and limit targeted advertising, all of which require sufficient artificial intelligence and human resources, both in quantity and skills. I look forward to making progress in all of these areas and we will be evaluating Twitter’s readiness on site. "
Obviously, Europe expressed concern about Musk's arbitrarily banning reporters' accounts.
Not only that, these reporters with banned accounts have also appeared on TV shows and complained, which will inevitably trigger a bigger chain reaction. After all, these American mainstream media still have a great say in news publicity, which is very unfavorable for Musk.
But Musk was not concerned about this and posted a message saying: "Twitter is now the Heat! "
The incident of banning reporters' Twitter account has caused Musk to suffer many doubts, but it has caused Twitter to gain a lot of traffic. I have to admire Musk's hype ability.
For Musk, although it seems that his precious son "X" was threatened by the stalker, recruiting a few more bodyguards can easily solve these security issues, which is not difficult for the world's richest man.
But through this hype incident, Musk's behavior has been questioned by more and more people. What is the difference between this abuse of rights in his hands and the incident of suppressing speech by former Twitter executives criticized by Musk? It seems that Musk's so-called "freedom of speech" is just empty talk.
