Twitter Suspends WP Reporter Account Who Requested Interview with Musk

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[Asia Economy New York=Special Correspondent Joselgina] The Twitter account of a Washington Post (WP) reporter who requested an interview with Elon Musk, Twitter CEO, has been permanently suspended. This is an additional case confirmed shortly after Musk CEO suspended multiple accounts of prominent media reporters and then restored some of them.

According to the Associated Press (AP) on the 18th (local time), WP reporter Taylor Lorenz stated that after sending an online message requesting an interview with Musk CEO and checking for a reply, she accessed Twitter and found her account permanently suspended. Lorenz was not given a specific reason for the suspension.

Sally Buzbee, WP editor-in-chief, said in a statement, "Musk CEO's claim to operate Twitter as a platform for press freedom is increasingly being undermined. Reporter accounts were suspended without any warning or prior explanation," urging immediate account restoration.

Last week, Musk CEO sparked controversy by suspending the Twitter account that tracked his private jet location, along with suspending multiple accounts of reporters from The New York Times (NYT), WP, CNN, and Voice of America (VOA) who wrote related articles.

Musk CEO claimed they violated doxxing policies, but as criticism from international organizations and press groups grew, he announced on the 17th a policy to restore the accounts. In a poll conducted on Musk CEO's Twitter at that time, 58.7% of respondents said the accounts should be restored immediately. Most of these accounts were confirmed to have been restored over the weekend. According to AP, the VOA reporter's account, which reportedly refused to delete three tweets sharing Musk CEO's whereabouts, remains unrecovered.

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