Elon Musk's Twitter suspends the account of another Washington Post journalist

CNN journalist explains why Musk suspended his account 0:40

(CNN) --

Elon Musk's Twitter suspended the account of The Washington Post technology columnist Taylor Lorenz on Saturday, the latest in a series of suspensions of high-profile journalists on the platform, casting doubt on the Musk's alleged commitment to free speech.

The decision to suspend Lorenz came after she tweeted to Musk, notifying him that she had emailed the new owner of Twitter about a story she is working on with her colleague, Drew Harwell, who had also been suspended from Twitter days before.

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In a statement on Sunday, the newspaper's executive editor, Sally Buzbee, said that "the arbitrary suspension of another Post journalist further undermines Elon Musk's claim that he intends to run Twitter as a platform dedicated to freedom of expression." expression".

“Again, the suspension occurred without warning, process, or explanation, this time because our reporter simply solicited comments from Musk for a story.

Post journalists must be reinstated immediately, without arbitrary conditions,” Buzbee said.

Musk in a tweet Sunday morning said the suspension was due to a "prior doxing action" by Lorenz.

It was unclear exactly what "doxxing" Musk was referring to and in recent days he has falsely accused various reporters of sharing his location in real time.

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However, Musk added that the suspension on Lorenz's account will "be lifted shortly."

Musk also banished Fox Business correspondent Susan Li from Twitter on Friday.

"After a full day of reporting these suspensions of Twitter accounts, I found myself in the same and the same suspension permanently," Li said on Fox News on Saturday morning.

Li's account remains suspended and Musk has not explained why.

Fox spokespersons have not responded to requests for comment.

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The account of Insider columnist Linette López has also been suspended since Sunday morning.

It's not clear why she was suspended, but she had shared some previous reports about Tesla on her Twitter account before she was kicked out, according to an archived page of her feed available through the Internet Archive.

Insider declined to comment and Lopez did not respond to a request.

Musk, however, offered a batch of reporters who suspended this Thursday the possibility of returning to the platform.

Those reporters include CNN's Donie O'Sullivan, The Washington Post's Harwell and The New York Times' Ryan Mac.

But O'Sullivan and Harwell said they must agree to delete the tweet that Musk falsely claimed shared his real-time location before they can tweet again.

O'Sullivan and Harwell said they would appeal the decision.

"It's journalism," Harwell wrote in his appeal, according to a copy of which was provided to CNN.

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