Social platforms have an outsized influence over whose voices are heard and must respect human rights standards re free speech & press in their content moderation.

Despite all his posturing about freedom, @elonmusk's purge gives us a taste of authoritarianism in the Digital Age. https://t.co/5CHibwmMdc

— European Centre for Press & Media Freedom (@ECPMF) December 16, 2022

#Pressefreiheit darf nicht nach Belieben ein- und ausgeschaltet werden. Unten stehende Journalisten können auch uns ab heute nicht mehr folgen, kommentieren und kritisieren. Damit haben wir ein Problem @Twitter. pic.twitter.com/Cliuih8Gyq

— Auswärtiges Amt (@AuswaertigesAmt) December 16, 2022

Twitter has suspended several journalists in a what seems yet another worrying step for the company under new owner Elon Musk, whose changes have been “a bowl of chaos with a side order of human rights concerns.” @astroehlein in today's Daily Brief: https://t.co/UyCf2AbV90

— Human Rights Watch (@hrw) December 16, 2022

Journalists who cover Elon Musk have been suspended on Twitter tonight: @Donie O'Sullivan from CNN, Aaron Rupar and the Washington Post's @drewharwell.

Rupar tells me he has "no idea" why it happened.

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) December 16, 2022

Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info.

Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so is ok.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 15, 2022