The German Foreign Ministry tweeted screenshots on Friday of the accounts of journalists arrested by twitter, warning The microblogging site owned by the Ministry problem with moves that endangered freedom of the press.
Twitter suspended the accounts of Many prominent journalists who It was posted about it new owner Elon Musk, which sparked protests by them media organizations.
Freedom of the press cannot be exchanged on And the off on Ministry wrote on that it official Twitter account. Journalists below No longer follow usu comment And criticizes. we’ve got problem with That, Twitter. “
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The social media a program in the hands of musk , who He claims he intended run Suspension of Twitter as a platform dedicated to freedom of expression on Thursday accounts of correspondents from various Publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and Vice of America.
“Criticizing me all day is totally fine, but shaming me real-time location And endanger my country family Not so,” Musk tweeted on Thursday.
German regulators are already Pay government Institutions to stop publishing announcements Only for privately owned platforms, promoting alternatives like nascent decentralization social media network mastodon.
a government The speaker later said a regular news conference which government He was watching developments on Twitter with Growing anxiety.
Twitter also The Mastodon network has suspended its account and attempts to link to Mastodon accounts in Tweet frequently triggered error Messages on Friday.
Mastodon is self-hosted social Network services platform that arose in november sign rate of new users joining The network Up to 4000 hours on Friday morning, four times The rate I have seen over The past week. But with With around 8.5 million registered users, Mastodon is still a minnow compared to Twitter with half 1 billion users.
speaking for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also He responded to questions about the arrest of journalists, saying: social media The platforms had to balance between protection of users with Preservation of freedom of expression.
European Commission on Friday also Musk warned of The risk of Possible fines and other ramifications over The latest an act, with European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said that “these are red lines” threatening Musk with Penalties.
