Aaron Rupar

Twitter on Thursday evening banned the accounts of several high-profile journalists from top news organizations without explanation, apparently marking a ...

We hope that all of the journalists’ accounts are reinstated and that Twitter provides a satisfying explanation for this action.” “I think that calls into question his commitment.” Twitter’s increasing instability and volatility should be of incredible concern for everyone who uses Twitter,” the spokesperson said. Musk has repeatedly said he would like to permit all legal speech on the platform. The account of progressive independent journalist Aaron Rupar was also banned. It also called into serious question Musk’s supposed commitment to free speech.

Musk joined a Twitter Space to say the suspensions were related to new rules banning private jet trackers. Twitter suspended an account that tweeted the ...

“Twitter’s increasing instability and volatility should be of incredible concern for everyone who uses Twitter,” the network said in a statement. Musk provided no proof that Sweeney or his account was involved. No crime reports have been filed yet,” Officer Lizeth Lomeli, a police public information officer, said in a statement Thursday evening. When a Hours after the suspensions took hold, Musk faced off with one of the journalists he suspended in a Twitter Space audio discussion before an audience of more than 30,000 listeners. "I’ve been on it since 2008. He had earlier put up a poll with a variety of options, asking whether or when he should reinstate the journalists’ accounts. NBC News was unable to verify that allegation. The Twitter account for Mastodon, a platform billed as a Twitter alternative, was also suspended early Thursday evening. [Musk tweeted](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456) that he would not ban the account that tracked his jet. Mastodon was, however, trending on Twitter. [later added](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603593201683599360) that the suspensions would last seven days.

Twitter suspended various far-Left accounts, including former commentator Keith Olbermann, Aaron Rupar, Donie O'Sullivan, and Drew Harwell.

“Start your Twitter, you bigots!” We hope Twitter did not suspend these characters for their opinions. What happened to “it’s a private company”?

AARON Rupar, a journalist that's been covering the topic of Elon Musk, has been suspended on Twitter.Rupar is an independent journalist who often writ.

Musk abruptly left the discussion after a bit of back and forth, with the Tesla CEO saying: "You doxx, you get suspended. [followed](https://www.the-sun.com/tech/6919934/elon-musk-twitter-sweeney-suspended-stalker-lil-x/) by a "crazy stalker." [pursuing legal actions against Jack Sweeney](https://www.the-sun.com/tech/6919934/elon-musk-twitter-sweeney-suspended-stalker-lil-x/), an IT student who launched a Twitter account tracking Musk's private jet and flight details. [lil X](https://www.the-sun.com/news/908215/grimes-new-nickname-baby-x-ae-a-12-elon-musk/) in LA was followed by crazy stalker (thinking it was me), who later blocked car from moving & climbed onto hood," he wrote. End of story. [social media](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/social-media/) app has been gaining popularity ever since Musk took control of Twitter and is considered a competitor. [ private jets](https://www.the-sun.com/travel/4754026/celeb-private-jets-taylor-swift-tom-cruise-kim-kardashian/). [Substack](https://aaronrupar.substack.com/p/aaron-rupar-twitter-suspension-atrupar?utm_medium=email), sharing a photo of his blocked profile and claiming that he didn't understand why Twitter had made the decision to block his account. "It occurred to me just after I published this that I did post a tweet yesterday noting that the ElonJet account that was suspended from Twitter was still active on Facebook, with a link to the Facebook page," he wrote. [Elon Musk ](https://www.the-sun.com/who/elon-musk/)have been suspended on Twitter tonight," NBC News reporter Ben Collins [wrote](https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1603551884748460034). [Rupar](https://www.the-sun.com/news/6928743/who-is-aaron-rupar/) and other members of the news media led to a fiery exchange with Musk on a live audio meeting. [audio meeting](https://twitter.com/ForeverEversley/status/1603612770892918784) that Harrell was on after he was suspended.

Twitter banned several journalists for talking about an account that let you track Elon Musk's jet. Since then, Musk has been trying to justify the decision ...

“My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk” he [tweeted on November 6th](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456). We hope that all of the journalists’ accounts are reinstated and that Twitter provides a satisfying explanation for this action.” CNN [posted a statement](https://twitter.com/CNNPR/status/1603579612612665344/photo/1) calling O’Sullivan’s suspension “concerning but not surprising,” and said that it will “reevaluate” its relationship with Twitter based on the explanation it gets for the ban. [ran a poll](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603600001057185792?s=20&t=XS1IFXc7LQ3X7Gu7ENWuNQ) asking when he should un-suspend the journalists who tweeted about “ElonJet.” “Now” won with 43 percent of the vote (“Longer” was runner up with 38.1 percent). (It is unclear how the location of the jet led to a car.) He then [tweeted a video](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603235998263123969?s=61&t=yHwasMzf9W_hLYSg7ksseQ) of the alleged stalker and his license plate with the caption: “Anyone recognize this person or car?” [In a tweet](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603587970832793600) earlier in the evening, Musk said of the bans: “They posted my exact real-time location, basically assassination coordinates, in (obvious) direct violation of Twitter terms of service” [he said](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603587970832793600). On Wednesday, he [implied in a tweet](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603190155107794944) that the account had been used by a “crazy stalker” to find and climb on the hood of a car carrying one of his children. [not letting people post links](https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512113/twitter-blocking-mastodon-links-elon-musk-elonjet) to some instances of the competing decentralized social network Mastodon. Earlier today, [Mastodon’s Twitter account was suspended](https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23511894/twitter-suspends-mastodon-tweeted-about-elons-jet-elonjet) after it tweeted a link to the ElonJet Mastodon account. [attempts to crack down on the sharing of the whereabouts](https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/14/23509817/twitter-elonjets-ban-creator-jack-sweeney-links-trackers) of his private jet. [that moderation decision were released on Twitter earlier this month](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/12/twitter-files-explained-elon-musk-taibbi-weiss-hunter-biden-laptop.html) — with Musk’s support. In that conversation, Musk accused the journalists of “ban evasion.” Once the ElonJet account had been banned from Twitter, its owner set up accounts on Facebook and Mastodon. In 2020, Twitter made a moderation decision to block links to The New York Post story.

Twitter has suspended a slew of prominent journalists who had been critical of Elon Musk, who paints himself as a champion of free speech.

A short while later, the Space [cut out](https://twitter.com/katienotopoulos/status/1603619497461616640?s=20&t=CTewxxPGzgSboFfiWJ8YIQ) and everyone in the chat was booted off. However, former staffers [warned](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/twitter-elon-musk-china-dissidents-1234643726/) that Musk’s mass firing of security staff and increased reliance on automation is going to make it easier for tyrants to silence their critics. He has tweeted catchphrases like “Sunlight is the best disinfectant” and “Transparency is the key to trust.” In April, he memorably posted, “I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.” In a retroactive change to Twitter’s content moderation policy, Musk announced that any instances of posting real-time location data would be [treated as a form of doxxing](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603181423787380737), and result in a suspension of the account. “Tonight’s suspension of the Twitter accounts of a number of prominent journalists, including The New York Times’s Ryan Mac, is questionable and unfortunate,” Charlie Stadtlander, the newspaper’s Director of External Communications said in a statement to Rolling Stone. [down an account that tracked Musk’s private jet](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/twitter-suspends-account-tracking-elon-musk-private-jet-1234647211/). The moves to silence critics and rivals follows Musk’s efforts to paint himself as a “free speech” advocate pushing back on the evils of cancel culture. You’re not special because you’re a journalist. I did not share any location data, as per Twitter’s new terms. Nor did I share any links to ElonJet or other location tracking accounts. No evidence has come to light that the individual was motivated by or gathered information from Sweeney’s account. [declared](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603591994244071424) a “7 day suspension for doxxing.” Later that night, he posted a Twitter [poll](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603600001057185792?s=20&t=oyUB2lk5p0Aq6QttTJ78RQ) calling on users to vote on the suspension’s terms.