Elon Musk Still Silencing Journalists He Banned from Twitter

Via the wayback machine:

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> In reality, I’m still locked out of my Twitter account unless I agree to delete a specific tweet at the behest of the billionaire.

Unsurprising. Musk is an authoritarian at heart and what authoritarians want most is your submission.

Indeed, no one was ever arbitrarily banned, silenced, censored, locked, or shadowbanned under the old regime, who were themselves not billionaires but in fact improverished migrant workers.

Immaterial. Musk rode in on a Freedom of Speech horse, and therefore we can legitimately accuse him of hypocrisy in issues like this. Much like Trump campaigning on Hilary's use of private servers, and then doing the same or worse, this behavior raises hackles.

Looks like these Journalists are effectively shadow banned.