Aaron Rupar

Twitter accounts belonging to several prominent journalists covering The Company 's owner, Elon Musk , have had their accounts abruptly suspended.

Reporters for the New York Times, CNN and Washington Post are among those who found themselves Locked Out of their accounts on Thursday evening.

A Twitter spokeswoman told tech website The Verge that the ban was related to the live sharing of location data.

It Comes after Mr Musk vowed to sue the owner of a profile that tracks his jet.

The List of banned journalists also includes The Intercept's Micha Lee, Mashable's Matt Binder, and independent journalists Aaron Rupar , and Tony Webster.

Twitter's head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, told that bans are related to a new rule introduced on Wednesday that prohibits " live location information, including information shared on Twitter directly or links to 3rd-party URL(s) Of Travel routes. "

" Without commenting on any specific accounts, I can confirm that we will suspend any accounts that violate our privacy policies and put other users At Risk , " Mrs Irwin told the outlet.

" We don't make exceptions to this policy for journalists or any other accounts. "

On Wednesday, Twitter suspended the account @ElonJet, as well as other accounts using publicly available information to track his private plane.

The owner of @ElonJet, Jack Sweeney, 20, also had his personal account blocked. Mr Musk has since vowed to take legal action against him, as well as " organizations who supported harm To My family".

Mr Musk said a " crazy stalker" had used live location sharing to find and accost a vehicle carrying his children in Los Angeles .

Source of news: bbc.com