Elon Musk shuts down Twitter Spaces for a day, says ‘legacy bug’ to blame – Times of India
Spaces, Twitter’s live audio service, has been shut down for a day after the journalists banned on the platform earlier today were able to tune in to Space, titled “#saveryanmac #macpack,” with their deactivated accounts.
Elon Musk, in a reply to a user complaining about a Spaces glitch that would not allow people to join the session, said that Twitter is fixing a “legacy” bug. Further confirming that Spaces will be fixed by tomorrow. The Spaces tab has been missing on the mobile app, both iOS and Android, and even on the web.
In the tweet, Musk seems to be referring to the bug that allowed journalists to participate in the Spaces even though their accounts were deactivated.
Twitter bans journalists, but they were still able to use Twitter, sort of
Earlier today, Twitter banned several journalists from the platform covering development around Elon Musk and Twitter without any explanation. However, later Musk said that these accounts have been temporarily deactivated for 7 days over “doxxing,” which means someone’s sharing personal information without their permission.
Elon Musk showed up on the same space, “#saveryanmac #macpack,” referring to Ryan Mac of the New York Times, one of the banned journalists, hosted by Katie Notopoulos of Buzzfeed, joined by a number of journalists, including those who were banned from the platform.
“Everyone’s going to be treated the same,” said Musk, the CEO of Twitter, on the decision to ban journalists. “They’re not special just because you’re a journalist.”
However, he soon left as journalists in the space attempted to question him further.
Musk had accused journalists of sharing his “exact real-time location,” labeling it “assassination coordinates.” He says that doing so is a “direct violation” of Twitter’s Private information and media policy, which now restricts users from sharing individuals’ private location, without their consent.
The tweet, pinned as of now on Musk’s Twitter profile, reads, “Criticizing me all day long is totally fine, but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not.”
It all started with the ban on ElonJet
Twitter recently permanently deactivated the ElonJet, an account tweeting live coordinates of Musk’s private jet, despite him saying that it will not ban it to keep his commitment to free speech.
Later, Mastodon’s Twitter account was also permanently deactivated, allegedly for sharing links to ElonJet’s Mastodon profile.
The journalists banned were covering the news of Twitter’s suspension of the ElonJet account, and soon on Thursday early morning, they were not able to either read a tweet or post one, but they were still able to join Spaces, sending Musk and Co. into a frenzy.
Elon Musk, in a reply to a user complaining about a Spaces glitch that would not allow people to join the session, said that Twitter is fixing a “legacy” bug. Further confirming that Spaces will be fixed by tomorrow. The Spaces tab has been missing on the mobile app, both iOS and Android, and even on the web.
In the tweet, Musk seems to be referring to the bug that allowed journalists to participate in the Spaces even though their accounts were deactivated.
Twitter bans journalists, but they were still able to use Twitter, sort of
Earlier today, Twitter banned several journalists from the platform covering development around Elon Musk and Twitter without any explanation. However, later Musk said that these accounts have been temporarily deactivated for 7 days over “doxxing,” which means someone’s sharing personal information without their permission.
Elon Musk showed up on the same space, “#saveryanmac #macpack,” referring to Ryan Mac of the New York Times, one of the banned journalists, hosted by Katie Notopoulos of Buzzfeed, joined by a number of journalists, including those who were banned from the platform.
“Everyone’s going to be treated the same,” said Musk, the CEO of Twitter, on the decision to ban journalists. “They’re not special just because you’re a journalist.”
However, he soon left as journalists in the space attempted to question him further.
Musk had accused journalists of sharing his “exact real-time location,” labeling it “assassination coordinates.” He says that doing so is a “direct violation” of Twitter’s Private information and media policy, which now restricts users from sharing individuals’ private location, without their consent.
The tweet, pinned as of now on Musk’s Twitter profile, reads, “Criticizing me all day long is totally fine, but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not.”
It all started with the ban on ElonJet
Twitter recently permanently deactivated the ElonJet, an account tweeting live coordinates of Musk’s private jet, despite him saying that it will not ban it to keep his commitment to free speech.
Later, Mastodon’s Twitter account was also permanently deactivated, allegedly for sharing links to ElonJet’s Mastodon profile.
The journalists banned were covering the news of Twitter’s suspension of the ElonJet account, and soon on Thursday early morning, they were not able to either read a tweet or post one, but they were still able to join Spaces, sending Musk and Co. into a frenzy.
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