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It appears that the @drewharwell account this submission links to has also been suspended for some reason.

More discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34007012

Thanks for pointing that out, that happened faster than I could hit reload. Drew Harwell is a Washington Post technology reporter who has worked there since 2014.

The text of that tweet (almost certainly what got him suspended - not sure whether it was the reporting on mastodon or the sarcasm about "Loving the free speech") was

Twitter just suspended a competitor's account (@joinmastodon ) because it posted a link to its own website's version of @ElonJet - public, legally acquired data that Twitter decided two days ago was against the rules. Loving the free speech (h/t @mmasnick )

Now Oliver Darcy, CNN media reporter, has posted a screenshot of Drew Harwell's tweet - will he be suspended too?

https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1603549297714290692

text:

It appears Twitter has banned the accounts of Aaron Rupar (@atrupar ) and Washington Post reporter @drewharwell . Unclear why, but this seems to be the final tweet from Harwell.

This is getting more Monty Python-esque every hour. Those responsible for reporting on the banning have been banned.
This guy has the absolute thinnest skin in town, huh?