ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, said on Thursday that an internal investigation found that employees had inappropriately obtained the data of US TikTok users, including that of two US reporters, according to an email seen by Reuters.
Taking to Twitter, Pakistani journalist Roohan Ahmad said that there was an intense gun battle between the security personnel and "militants" in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu area.
Elon Musk announced on Saturday that he would restore the Twitter accounts of a slew of journalists that had been suspended due to the controversy over the publication of public information concerning the billionaire's aircraft.
Independent journalist and author Matt Taibbi called the treatment of Twitter by the FBI a "subsidiary" and said that the institution's contact with micro-blogging sites was "constant and pervasive."
Twitter's unprecedented suspension of over twenty prominent journalists citing they had violated rules against "doxxing," has drawn swift backlash from around the world.
Taking to Twitter, Mayank Bidawatka, co-founder of the homegrown microblogging platform questioned the intention and power that Elon Musk wanted to access, "I forgot. There's more! - Banning Mastodon account. - Not allowing mastodon links saying it's unsafe. - Banning Koo's eminence handl
Dujarric said media voices should not be silenced on a platform that professes to be a space for freedom of speech. The spokesperson said this move sets a dangerous precedent at a time when journalists all over the world are facing censorship, physical threats, and even worse.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk recently took to the microblogging site to leave a sarcastic comment against criticism made by the press against him for hampering the 'freedom of speech' of the platform.
Beijing on Friday reported the deaths of two former Chinese state media journalists due to Covid-19, the first since most pandemic control measures were lifted on December 7, reported Singapore daily Today.
After the suspension, Musk confirmed the news and tweeted, "If anyone posted real-time locations & addresses of NYT reporters, FBI would be investigating, there'd be hearings on Capitol Hill & Biden would give speeches about end of democracy!"
A Delhi Court has dismissed the plea by journalist Swati Chaturvedi seeking the quashing of summons issued against her in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga.