Twitter imeanza kufunga akaunti za waandishi wa habari wanaomkosoa Elon Musk

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Twitter yasitisha akaunti za waandishi wa habari wanaoandika habari za Musk

Twitter ilisimamisha akaunti Alhamisi ya zaidi ya wanahabari nusu dazeni waliokuwa wakiandika kuhusu kampuni hiyo na mmiliki wake mpya Elon Musk.

kuwanyamazisha waandishi wa habari kwenye Twitter huku wakidai kuwa bingwa wa uhuru wa kujieleza ni utata wa hivi punde uliozushwa na Musk tangu achukue kampuni hiyo, ambayo imesababisha wafanyikazi kupotea na watangazaji kuondoka.

baadhi ya waandishi wa habari walikuwa wakituma ujumbe kwenye Twitter kuhusu kufunga akaunti ya @ElonJet iliyofuatilia safari za ndege ya bilionea Musk na kuhusu matoleo ya akaunti hiyo iliyopangishwa katika mitandao mingine ya kijamii.

Twitter haikusema kwa nini akaunti za wanahabari zilisimamishwa.

"Hakuna kinachosema uhuru wa kusema kama kusimamisha waandishi wa habari wanaokuandika," Sarah Reese Jones wa tovuti ya maoni ya PoliticusUSA alisema katika jibu la tweeted kwa machapisho kuhusu kusimamishwa.

ukaguzi kwenye Twitter ulionyesha kusimamishwa kwa akaunti ni pamoja na waandishi wa habari kutoka CNN, The New York Times, na The Washington Post pamoja na waandishi wa habari wa kujitegemea.

"Kusimamishwa kazi kwa msukumo na bila sababu kwa waandishi kadhaa, akiwemo Donie O'Sullivan wa CNN, kunahusu lakini haishangazi," shirika hilo la habari lilisema kwenye tweet.

"Kuongezeka kwa kutokuwa na utulivu na tete ya Twitter inapaswa kuwa ya wasiwasi wa ajabu kwa kila mtu anayetumia jukwaa."

cNN ilisema kuwa imeuliza Twitter kwa maelezo ya kusimamishwa.

Katika taarifa, gazeti la The New York Times lilisema pia lilitaka majibu kutoka kwa Twitter kuhusu kusimamishwa kazi "kwa kutiliwa shaka" kwa waandishi wa habari.

"Sijui ni sheria gani nilidai kuvunja," mwandishi wa habari huru Aaron Rupar, ambaye akaunti yake ya Twitter ilisimamishwa, aliandika katika chapisho la Substack.

"Sijasikia chochote kutoka kwa Twitter hata kidogo."

katika tweet Alhamisi marehemu, Musk alionekana kudokeza kusimamishwa kwa akaunti za waandishi na tweet hii: "Ikiwa mtu yeyote atachapisha maeneo na anwani za wakati halisi za waandishi wa NYT, FBI itakuwa inachunguza, kutakuwa na kusikilizwa kwa Capitol Hill & Biden angetoa hotuba kuhusu mwisho wa demokrasia!

Musk Jumatano alituma ujumbe kwenye Twitter kwamba gari moja huko Los Angeles lililokuwa limembeba mmoja wa watoto wake lilifuatwa na "mwendaji wazimu" na alionekana kulaumu ufuatiliaji wa ndege yake kwa tukio hili linalodaiwa. Katika tweet hiyo, alisema hatua za kisheria zinachukuliwa dhidi ya mtu aliyeendesha ElonJet.

akaunti ya Twitter iliyofuatilia safari za ndege ya kibinafsi ya Musk ilizimwa Jumatano licha ya taarifa ya bilionea huyo kwamba yeye ni mtu huru wa kusema.

twitter baadaye ilituma habari kwamba ilisasisha sera yake ili kuzuia tweets, mara nyingi, kutoa eneo la mtu kwa wakati halisi.

Musk alikuwa amejitokeza hadharani akisema hatamgusa @ElonJet baada ya kununua Twitter kwa mkataba wa dola bilioni 44 kama sehemu ya kujitolea kwake kwa uhuru wa kujieleza kwenye jukwaa.

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Ni baada ya akaunti za wanahabari kadhaa mashuhuri kutoka kampuni za #NewYorkTimes (#RyanMac), #CNN (DonieO'Sullivan) na #WashingPost (#DrewHarwel) wanaoripoti kuhusu mmiliki wa kampuni hiyo, #ElonMusk, kusitishwa kwa ghafla

Msemaji wa #Twitter ameiambia tovuti ya #TheVerge kwamba marufuku hiyo ilihusiana na kukiuka sera ya usalama ya kampuni hiyo inayozuia kutuma taarifa binafsi za watumiaji wa Mtandao huo kama vile 'Live Location' na anwani za makazi

Kufungiwa huko kumezua maswali kadhaa kuhusu mustakabali wa Uhuru wa kujieleza katika mtandao huo

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Twitter on Thursday evening banned the accounts of several high-profile journalists from top news organizations without explanation, apparently marking a significant attempt by new owner Elon Musk to wield his unilateral authority over the platform.

The accounts belonging to CNN's Donie O'Sullivan, The New York Times' Ryan Mac, The Washington Post's Drew Harwell and other journalists who have covered Musk aggressively in recent weeks were all abruptly permanently suspended. The account of progressive independent journalist Aaron Rupar was also banned.

Neither Musk nor Twitter responded to a request for comment Thursday evening, and the platform did not explain precisely why the journalists were exiled from the platform.

Musk falsely claimed that the journalists had violated his new "doxxing" policy by sharing his live location, amounting to what he described as "assassination coordinates." CNN's Donie O'Sullivan did not share the billionaire's live location.

Shortly before his suspension, O'Sullivan reported on Twitter that the social media company had suspended the account of an emerging competitive social media service, Mastodon, which has allowed the continued posting of @ElonJet, an account that posts the updated location of Musk's private jet.

Other reporters suspended Thursday had recently written about the account.

Doxxing refers to the practice of sharing someone's home address or other personal information online. The banned account had instead used publicly available flight data, which remain online and accessible, to track Musk's jet.

The bans raise a number of questions about the future of the platform, which has been referred to as a digital town square. It also called into serious question Musk's supposed commitment to free speech.

Musk has repeatedly said he would like to permit all legal speech on the platform. In April, on the same day he announced he would purchase Twitter, he had tweeted: "I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means."

A CNN spokesperson said the company has asked Twitter for an explanation, and it would "reevaluate our relationship based on that response."

"The impulsive and unjustified suspension of a number of reporters, including CNN's Donie O'Sullivan, is concerning but not surprising. Twitter's increasing instability and volatility should be of incredible concern for everyone who uses Twitter," the spokesperson said.

Source: BBC
 
Waandishi wa habari be careful , watch it...kama mnafikiria mna freedom ya namna hiyo...not to that extent !
 
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