The UN has said Twitter’s decision to ban the accounts of a number of prominent US tech reporters sets a dangerous precedent and that it is ‘very disturbed’ by the move. The organisation’s spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, said on Friday: ‘Media voices should not be silenced on a platform that professes to be a space for freedom of speech.’ After conducting a public poll on how to proceed, Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk, decided to reinstate the accounts shortly after their suspension for what he said was their doxxing of his location
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The UN has said Twitter’s decision to ban the accounts of a number of prominent US tech reporters sets a dangerous precedent and that it is ‘very disturbed’ by the move. The organisation’s spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, said on Friday: ‘Media voices should not be silenced on a platform that professes to be a space for freedom of speech.’ After conducting a public poll on how to proceed, Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk, decided to reinstate the accounts shortly after their suspension for what he said was their doxxing of his location
Twitter’s suspension of journalists sets ‘dangerous precedent’, UN warns
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