Elon Musk tells journalists they won't get special treatment because they're just 'Twitter citizens'
It comes after Twitterseveral accounts of prominent journalists who reported on him, including those from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN.
Musk briefly spoke during a Twitter Spaces chat, an audio feature on the platform, hosted by BuzzFeed News tech reporter Katie Notopoulos. Other journalists, including those who had just been suspended from Twitter, joined the Space. "Showing real-time information about somebody's location is inappropriate," Musk said in the Space, according to a recording"There is not going to be any distinction in the future between journalists and regular people. Everyone is going to be treated the same," Musk said.
"They're not special because you're a journalist," the billionaire said, adding that they're"just a Twitter citizen."Musk warned in the Space that trying to be"clever" by posting a link to any real-time information was no different from providing the real-time information.Twitter didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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