{"id":1240845,"date":"2022-12-18T09:58:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T04:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1240845"},"modified":"2022-12-18T09:59:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T04:29:07","slug":"elon-musk-suspends-journalists-twitter-accounts-who-wrote-against-him-europe-threatens-sanctions-against-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/elon-musk-suspends-journalists-twitter-accounts-who-wrote-against-him-europe-threatens-sanctions-against-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Suspends Journalists&#8217; Twitter Accounts Who Wrote Against Him; Europe Threatens Sanctions Against Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Update: Elon Musk has agreed to restore the journalists&#8217; accounts, over some conditions. <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/17\/business\/elon-musk-twitter-ban-reverse-conditions\/index.html\">More info here.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Earlier..<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior European politicians have threatened Elon Musk, Twitter owner, of future sanctions and lawmakers leaving the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>They are protesting against Musk\u2019s move of suspending journalists from the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists such as those from the Washington Post, CNN, and the New York Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-31-1-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Elon Musk Suspends Journalists' Twitter Accounts Who Wrote Against Him; Europe Threatens Sanctions Against Twitter\" class=\"wp-image-1240851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-31-1-1-1.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-31-1-1-1-300x140.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-31-1-1-1-768x357.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk alleged they were endangering his family and that those suspended were people who had posted his real-time location, describing the information as \u201cbasically assassination coordinates.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Upcoming legislation to prevent this<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNews about arbitrary suspension of journalists on Twitter is worrying,\u201d said Commission Vice President Vera Jourova in a tweet. \u201cThere are red lines. And sanctions, soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jourova \u2014 one of the EU\u2019s more senior officials \u2014 cited the Digital Services Act and the Media Freedom Act, two major pillars of European tech regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DSA is the EU\u2019s content moderation rulebook which would ban arbitrary suspensions of accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to this, companies like Twitter first have to report the number of users they have in the EU in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Germany<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The German Foreign Ministry also expressed concern, stating, \u201cPress Freedom must not be switched on and off at will. As of today, the journalists listed below can also no longer follow, comment or criticize us. This means we have a problem Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The social media site has drawn criticism from the German government since Musk\u2019s purchase, which is observing Twitter \u201cwith growing concern.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>France<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The French minister in charge of industry Roland Lescure tweeted that &#8220;Following the suspension of journalists\u2019 accounts by Elon Musk, I am suspending all activity on Twitter until further notice\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>French digital minister Jean-Noel Barrot tweeted he was \u201cdistressed by the drift in which Elon Musk precipitates Twitter\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though Europe currently has little power to rein in Musk for his actions, he will soon have to face a litany of new rules for how he handles posts under the DSA, which will require platforms to take down illegal content and take more action against harmful content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What the new rules require<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>He will also have to have content moderators to handle content in different EU languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the incoming EU rules, user accounts may be restricted or blocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/technology\/red-lines-sanctions-soon-eu-official-warns-musk-over-journos-twitter-ban-101671191011486.html?utm_campaign=fullarticle&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=inshorts\">have <\/a>to be informed, the grounds have to be set out and must be based on terms of use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Account holders have to be able to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Elon Musk has agreed to restore the journalists&#8217; accounts, over some conditions. More info here. Earlier.. Senior European politicians have threatened Elon Musk, Twitter owner, of future sanctions and lawmakers leaving the platform. Context They are protesting against Musk\u2019s move of suspending journalists from the platform. 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