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Re:Swedish Tesla strike goes international as Norwegian and ... by oska on Friday December 08, 2023 @02:35AM (#38566352)
Thanks for that link. I wasn't aware that he suspended journalists at that time. However, I do note that they were only suspended and not banned. And this is consistent with what he has said on a number of occasions, that people might get 'timeouts' (in this case for doxing) but he's against permanent bans. Just checked two of the accounts (Ryan Mac, @RMac18 and Aaron Rupar, @atrupar) named in the article and they are active today.

I would like to know if there are any journalists he has permanently banned. As used to happen quite often on twitter, pre-Musk acquisition.

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Re:Swedish Tesla strike goes international as Norwegian and ... by lawn on Friday December 08, 2023 @02:49AM (#38566424)
Here's one that has been permanently banned: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/04/elon-musk-twitter-st...
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Re:Swedish Tesla strike goes international as Norwegian and ... by oska on Friday December 08, 2023 @04:43AM (#38567103)
Ok, this particular case is interesting and certainly looks concerning.

Checked his handle [1] and yeah, it's still "suspended" over 6 months later. And while it only says "suspended" there, according to this thread [2], the message he originally got was that he had been "permanently suspended", which does imply a ban. And is also somewhat disingenuous because a suspension should imply temporality.

Appreciate you providing the link. Perhaps I've been living in a bit of a bubble because I hadn't heard of this.

[1] https://twitter.com/dellcam

[2] https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1648785112748662784

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Re:Swedish Tesla strike goes international as Norwegian and ... by operatingthetan on Friday December 08, 2023 @02:46AM (#38566410)
>I do note that they were only suspended and not banned.

This distinction is meaningless until someone is un-suspended.

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Re:Swedish Tesla strike goes international as Norwegian and ... by oska on Friday December 08, 2023 @04:51AM (#38567148)
Certainly if you are suspended you should be told the time period the suspension will last for, yes.
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Re:Swedish Tesla strike goes international as Norwegian and ... by operatingthetan on Saturday December 09, 2023 @02:39PM (#38585145)
Don't make assumptions.
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