X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation
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Ken Klippenstein, Steven Monacelli, and Alan MacLeod were all suspended from the platform.

The suspensions affected several journalists and commentators, including Texas Observer journalist Steven Monacelli, Ken Klippensten of The Intercept, podcaster Rob Rousseau, and Alan MacLeod of MintPress News. The landing page for their accounts says it’s been suspended, but does not give any explanation as to why. A message on the profiles simply states “X suspends accounts which violate the X rules.”

The ban didn’t just hit journalists either. Several prominent-left leaning accounts were also purged from the website, including the account for the TrueAnon podcast and @zei_squirrel, a cartoon squirrel that tweets media criticism of figures like Glenn Greenwald.

This isn’t the first time the site has banned reporters. In April, it permanently suspended Wired reporter Dell Cameron after he spoke with a hacker who accessed conservative pundit Matt Walsh’s emails. In December of 2022, it suspended the accounts of ten journalists who’d been critical of site owner Elon Musk.

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-x-twitter-journalists-banning-spree-1851151593

https://twitter.com/liz_franczak/status/1744712132015370527

Edit: they’re back now

  • ExotiqueMatterEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    i think some kind of leftist media platform needs to be assembled to mount a resistance and carve out a niche that isn’t overrun by reactionaries and liberals.

    I’ve been thinking the same for a while, it would be nice to have not just one site but an entire ecosystem of Marxist internet all linked together.

    • xj9 [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      One of my goals for my project is to improve federation between Akkoma and Lemmy. First class support for coms would really make it for me even if they can’t be created & managed locally. I want it too.

      Edit: I have a whole plan that goes along with my other post that I hope will work out. I’ll probably post something about it once I’m a little further along.