Twitter suspends journalists from CNN and The New York Times who have been covering Elon Musk 

Twitter has suspended the profiles of a number of high-profile journalists who have been covering the billionaire and the social media company.

Journalists Ryan Mac of the New York Times, Drew Harwell of The Washington Post, Donie O’Sullivan of CNN, Matt Binder of Mashable, Michah lee of The Intercept, along with Aaron Rupar, Tony Webster, and Keith Olberman, all found their Twitter accounts suspended on Thursday.

The latest move from Musk comes a day after he banned an account which tracked his private plane, @ElonJet, despite declaring a month ago that his ‘commitment to free speech’ was so serious that he would leave it alone.

It is believed some of the journalists were banned for posting links to Mastadon – a platform similar to Twitter – where @ElonJet migrated after the banning yesterday. Mastadon’s Twitter account was also suspended Thursday.

This is a developing story. 

Both Elon Musk and Twitter have remained silent on the matter, with the only communications from the billionaire since news of the suspensions being a declaration of his love for Barbara Streisand.

‘I love Barbara Streisand lol,’ he tweeted Thursday evening.

The New York Times said Mac Twitter gave him no explanation about his suspension, according to NBC News.

‘We hope that all of the journalists’ accounts are reinstated and that Twitter provides a satisfying explanation for this action,’ the Times told the outlet.

Rupar said he had ‘no idea’ why he was suspended, according to NBC journalist Ben Collins.

He pointed out that Harwell’s account was suspended shortly after he tweeted about Mastadon’s Twitter account being suspended. In that Tweet, Harwell pointed out that @ElonJet had shifted to Mastadon.

Musk’s November tweet in which he said he would not ban @elonjet. Users flagged the tweet, and added that Musk had now gone against his word

The @elonjet Twitter account suspended. Musk previous said he would not ban it

Each of the other journalists banned had recently been covering Musk. 

Musk’s crusade against @ElonJet – which sources its information from publicly available records –  was ignited this week after Musk claimed a stalker jumped on the hood of a car carrying his son.

Explaining the ordeal, Musk said: ‘Last night, car carrying lil X in LA was followed by crazy stalker (thinking it was me), who later blocked car from moving & climbed onto hood.’

‘Legal action is being taken against Sweeney & organizations who supported harm to my family,’ he added, referring to @ElonJet creator Jack Sweeney.

It is unclear how Musk connected @ElonJet to the stalking incident, which did not appear to involve his private plane in any way.