Twitter boss Elon Musk wants to lift the internationally criticized blocking of several journalists' user accounts on the short message service.
The billionaire and Tesla founder announced this in a tweet in response to a short-term poll on Twitter, in which 58.7 percent of the participants said they wanted the recently blocked accounts to be unlocked immediately.
"People have spoken.
The accounts that posted my location will now be unblocked," Musk tweeted.
Musk was previously heavily criticized by EU officials and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, among others, after he blocked the accounts of more than half a dozen prominent journalists from the New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post.
Musk accused the US journalists of sharing the real-time location of his private jet and thus violating the ban on sharing personal information – known as “doxxing”.
Such behavior endangers the safety of his family, Musk said.
Musk initially blocked the user account @ElonJet on Wednesday, on which a young US student documented the flights of Musk's private jet.
Several journalists who were later banned had reported on the affair – sometimes linking the banned account @ElonJet.
Musk then blocked the accounts of several journalists on Thursday.
"Dangerous Precedent"
According to a spokesman, UN Secretary-General António Guterres was "very disturbed" by the "arbitrary" step.
This creates a "dangerous precedent".
EU Vice-President Vera Jourova said on Twitter that the news about the "arbitrary suspension of journalists" was "worrying".
The multi-billionaire accused the journalists of having provided the "coordinates for an assassination attempt" against him and his family.
Musk also explained that the blocking was necessary after a car with one of his children in the US metropolis of Los Angeles was pursued by a "crazy stalker".
Musk initially did not provide any evidence for his statements.