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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Ramzan fasts to begin in India from Thursday
New Delhi (PTI): Ramzan fasts will begin on Thursday in India as the crescent moon marking the start of the fasting month was sighted in various parts of the country on Wednesday.
After the sighting of the moon, the holy month begins and for the next 30 days, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk.
Shahi Imam of Chandni Chowk's Fatehpuri mosque Maulana Mufti Mukarram Ahmed announced that the crescent moon was sighted and the month of fasting will start from February 19.
Naib Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Shaban Bukhari also declared that the moon was sighted.
During this month, a special prayer called Taraweeh are offered in mosques in the evening. In this prayer, the entire Quran is recited and it continues till the sighting of the Eid moon.
Mufti Mukarram has appealed to the Muslim community to "pray as much as possible for the well-being of the 140 crore people of the country".
