Silicon Valley investors say Elon Musk’s move to suspend journalists abruptly on Twitter was a ‘direct attack’ by the CEO ‘on journalism.

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An investor from Silicon Valley slammed Elon Musk’s decision for suspending several Twitter journalists. Roger McNamee, a Silicon Valley investor, said that Elon Musk doesn’t believe in journalism. He also claimed that the accounts of journalists he didxxed were reinstated.

Frida, a Silicon Valley investor, criticized Elon Musk’s decision by Twitter to suspend several journalists from the platform following his accusation of them doxxing him.

Roger McNamee, the author of “Zucked: Waking up to the Facebook Catastrophe,” stated that Elon Musk wants a soap opera where he is the star and only actor that matters. He should have the camera on him at all times. While the details will change, I believe there will be an escalation in his attention as he searches for attention for every thing he does.

“Elon Musk doesn’t believe in journalism. Musk does not believe anyone should be able to criticize his actions. Journalists who are charged with calling power to account are considered the enemy by McNamee. McNamee said that he is not the only one who feels this way. This is a common trope among Silicon Valley billionaires. They believe that the press is unfair because it sometimes questions their motives and sometimes questions the actions of their actions.

Twitter suspended several prominent journalists covering Musk earlier this week. They included Drew Harwell from The Washington Post, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan and Ryan Mac of The New York Times.

After the company suspended Jack Sweeny (20 years old), a college student who had created an account to track the location of Musk’s private plane, the wave of suspensions also occurred. Insider reported that the company updated its privacy policy to prohibit users sharing “someone else’s live location”. Musk tweeted on Thursday: “Same doxxing regulations apply to ‘journalists” as to everyone else.

After a poll, the billionaire restored the accounts of reporters on Friday.

McNamee stated that McNamee believed in the case McNamee was a direct attack on Elon Musk’s journalism and democracy. “And I believe policymakers and journalists must go to battle stations there.”

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By: insider@insider.com (Taylor Ardrey)
Title: A Silicon Valley investor says Elon Musk’s move to abruptly suspend journalists on Twitter is ‘a direct attack’ by the CEO ‘on journalism’
Sourced From: www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-investor-blasts-elon-musk-twitter-suspend-journalists-2022-12
Published Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 17:09:08 +0000