Suspended Twitter accounts of journalists restored: ‘People have spoken’, says Musk
San Francisco: Twitter owner Elon Musk said late Friday that he would reinstate the accounts of journalists that had been suspended, with Musk accusing them of endangering his family.
"The people have spoken. Accounts who doxxed my location will have their suspension lifted now," Musk tweeted, reports NDTV.
Musk had conducted a poll on Twitter, asking if he should restore the suspended accounts ‘now’ or after a week. About 59 per cent of the 3.69 million people who polled said that the accounts should be restored ‘now’.
Also, following the suspension of the Twitter accounts of prominent journalists from media houses including the New York Times, the Washington Post and CNN and @elonjet, which tracked the flights of Musk’s private jet, the EU and the UN had expressed anger and also issued a warning to Musk.
The Twitter head had, however, justified the suspension of accounts, saying that a car in Los Angeles that carried one of his children was followed by ‘a crazy stalker’. Musk apparently blamed the tracking of his jet for this.
Some of the journalists had reported on the incident and also linked it to the suspension of the account of @elonjet. Musk had said that it amounted to "assassination coordinates" against him and his family.
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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.
He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.
