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Constanza Hevia/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Elon Musk prompted backlash from lawmakers and figures across the political spectrum overnight in response to Twitter suspending the accounts of more than half a dozen journalists who cover Musk at The New York Times, The Washington Post and other prominent outlets. The journalists were initially suspended on Thursday without warning but Musk later told reporters in a Twitter Spaces interview that the banned accounts had shared real-time location...

"Criticizing Fine, But...": Elon Musk as Twitter bans journalists' handles

Twitter users' speculation for what Musk had in mind was not in short supply

PRSA condemns Twitter suspensions: ‘Journalists should not be penalized for sharing accurate reporting’. From PR Week

The suspensions, which were criticized by U.S. and European lawmakers, could raise the regulatory heat on the social media platform — and Elon Musk’s other companies.

Twitter has suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists and Mastodon, a fledgling rival site who were covering Elon Musk.

The hosts of Fox & Friends were stunned by Elon Musk's suspension of several accounts that allegedly were posting information leading to his live location.

Elon Musk's Twitter bans prompted one House member to say 'What's the deal?'; while an EU official threatened penalties.

NBCs Ben Collins was pulled from covering Twitter and Elon Musk after mocking the billionaire in tweets that were not editorially appropriate.

A bizarre chain of events unfolded on Twitter Thursday night, starting with the suspension of journalists who cover Musk, Musk himself joining (then shutting down) a live chat about this, and the platform being jimmied so users couldn’t post links to a rival social media network. Free speech!