<story><title>X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists with No Explanation</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d948x/x-purges-prominent-journalists-leftists-with-no-explanation</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kypro</author><text>I would give it at least 24 hours to see if these suspensions are legit. My understanding is that X does still suspend where they detect spam, illegal activity, etc. It&amp;#x27;s possible these accounts were all linked to something that got flagged up somewhere.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s possible (not saying this is what happened though) that this is just mistake and their accounts will be reinstated shortly.&lt;p&gt;Or maybe Elon did personally ban these journalists. If it turned out he didn&amp;#x27;t though I think a lot of you guys need to reconsider your biases.</text></comment>
<story><title>X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists with No Explanation</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d948x/x-purges-prominent-journalists-leftists-with-no-explanation</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>TheAceOfHearts</author><text>It looks like Elon&amp;#x27;s claims of being a free speech absolutist don&amp;#x27;t go very far, if this article is to be taken at face value.&lt;p&gt;The most disappointing part for me is the lack of transparency. Didn&amp;#x27;t Elon talk about including explanations for why people were banned or why they had restricted reach? We can only speculate about why these people were banned because Twitter doesn&amp;#x27;t provide a public explanation. Were these people verified (paying) users as well? IMO, that would make it even more egregious.</text></comment>