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Elon Bans Journalists, Kills Spaces and Asks if He Should Quit

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Elon Musk and Twitter: Big Picture Power Shifts

The latest round of chaos at Twitter started on Thursday when Elon Musk modified Twitter's moderation policy following a security incident. The previous night, Elon's child had been in a car that was followed by a stalker. On December 18, he tweeted, any account doxing real time location info of anyone will be suspended as it is a physical safety violation. Although the account is published using only publicly available information, Elon considered this to be quote, real time doxing and banned the account along with numerous journalists who are covering the story. Now, for the first time, the threats to leave Twitter are feeling a little more real, and they might be driven by real decisions being made by

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