Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter, a major social media company, has lifted the suspension of use amid criticism and concerns that he has suspended the use of several reporters' accounts of leading media for violating the terms.
Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter, criticized the accounts of journalists such as the New York Times and Washington Post, which are leading American newspapers, saying, "I will not allow my real-time location information to be disclosed," and said that other people's location We have taken measures to stop using it, such as violating the rules that prohibit posting information.
Regarding this, Mr. Mask called for a vote on Twitter to ask when it should be lifted, and about 59%, more than half of the total number of votes of 3.6 million votes, said that it should be lifted immediately.
In response to this, Mr. Mask posted on his own Twitter on the 17th of Japan time, "People have raised their voices, the suspension has now been lifted," and lifted the suspension of the account.
In addition, the suspension of the official account of "Mastodon", an emerging SNS that is attracting attention as an alternative to Twitter, has been lifted.
The reporters whose accounts were suspended were in charge of interviewing Twitter and wrote articles criticizing Mr. Mask's Twitter operation.
Regarding the suspension of reporters' accounts, the EU = European Union's enforcement agency, the European Commission, warned that it was an arbitrary suspension and could impose a large fine. There were voices of criticism.