CNN anchor Jim Acosta stated he was “locked” out of utilizing his Twitter account as a result of platform’s controversial new coverage barring “free promotion of prohibited third-party” opponents together with Mastodon, Instagram and Fb.
Acosta famous that Twitter locked his account someday Saturday evening and, when he wakened on Sunday, he stated the platform discovered considered one of his tweets mentioning his Mastodon and Submit accounts in violation of the coverage.
Acosta’s identify on Twitter mentions that he’s “additionally on Submit and Mastodon” and he tweeted that he would inform followers “all about” his Saturday present on Submit and Mastodon — nevertheless, each his identify and the tweet didn’t hyperlink out or embrace the @ indicators of Acosta’s accounts.
JHB has reached out to Twitter to find out why the platform locked Acosta out of his account.
“I’m nonetheless making an attempt to kind it out… this all feels very arbitrary and slightly frenetic,” stated Acosta throughout an interview with Enterprise Insider reporter Linette Lopez.
Lopez, considered one of a number of journalists who noticed her account suspended on the platform, stated she hasn’t heard something from Twitter about her account, which she stated she nonetheless can’t entry. Lopez has reported on the billionaire and his companies for years.
She instructed Acosta that she discovered the platform’s new coverage humorous and recalled a time when Elon Musk shared footage from her Fb profile throughout “a Twitter marketing campaign in opposition to” her.
You’ll be able to watch Acosta’s interview with Lopez under.