Silicon Valley Investor Blames Musk’s Suspension of Journalists

• Silicon Valley investor Elon Musk’s decision suspending several journalists on Twitter was condemned by a critic.
• Roger McNamee, a businessman, said that Elon Musk does not believe journalism.
• The accounts of journalists who were claimed to have been doxxed by the CEO of Twitter have been restored. 

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, who also wrote “Zucked: Waking up to the Facebook Catastrophe,” stated that Elon Musk really wants a soap opera in the role of the star and only actor. MSNBC. “The camera should be with him all the time. While the details will change, I believe there will be an escalation in his attention as he seeks attention for every action he takes. 

“Elon Musk doesn’t believe in journalism. He doesn’t believe anyone has the right criticize his actions. Journalists who are charged with calling power to account are, in his opinion, the enemy. McNamee added that McNamee is not alone in this. 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 suddenly suspended earlier this week a number of prominent journalists who cover Musk, including Drew Harwell of The Washington Post, CNN’s  Donie O’Sullivan, the New York Times’ Ryan Mac, and independent journalists Aaron Rupar, Keith Olbermann, and Tony Webster.

After Jack Sweeny, a 20-year-old student at college, was suspended by the company for creating an account. tracks the location of Musk’s private jet. Insider previously reported that the company updated its privacy policy to prohibit users from sharing “someone else’s live location”. Musk said in a tweet that the same doxxing rules apply for “journalists” and everyone else.

As of Friday, the accounts for the reporters were reinstatedAfter the billionaire conducted an online poll. 

McNamee stated that McNamee believed that in this case, Elon Musk is directly attacking journalism and democracy. “And I think policymakers as well as journalists need to go to battle station here.”