Journalist That Elon Musk Gave ‘Twitter Files’ To Calls Him Out, He Shreds Her With Responses

Twitter CEO Elon Musk slammed Bari Weiss on Friday afternoon after she called out his decision to suspend several journalists that had shared information about the location of his private jet.

The suspensions came after Musk announced a new policy change Wednesday after an incident happened involving his child.

Accounts that were suspended included left-wing propagandist and former Vox journalist Aaron Rupar, CNN reporter Donie O’Sullivan, New York Times reporter Ryan Mac, Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell, The Intercept journalist Micah Lee, and hardcore leftist Keith Olbermann.

“Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation,” Musk said. “This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info. Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so is ok.”

“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,” Musk continued. “Legal action is being taken against Sweeney & organizations who supported harm to my family.”

Weiss responded to the suspensions by tweeting, “The old regime at Twitter governed by its own whims and biases and it sure looks like the new regime has the same problem.”

“I oppose it in both cases. And I think those journalists who were reporting on a story of public importance should be reinstated,” she continued. “I don’t need to dwell on how mesmerizing it is to watch those journalists who defended — even celebrated! — Twitter’s bans under the old regime under the guise of ‘safety’ now call it censorship, and say it infringes on freedom of expression,” she continued. “It did then as it does now.”

Musk responded to Weiss, “What should the consequence of doxxing someone’s real-time, exact location be?”

“Assume your child is at that location, as mine was,” Musk continued. “Bari, this is a real question, not rhetorical. What is your opinion?”

Musk then dropped the hammer a short time later, writing: “Rather than rigorously pursuing truth, you are virtue-signaling to show that you are ‘good’ in the eyes of media elite to keep one foot in both worlds.”

FBI Responds To Latest Release Of ‘The Twitter Files’

The FBI released a statement Friday evening in response to the newest release of “The Twitter Files” which showed that federal law enforcement officials were regularly flagging content for Twitter to take action against.

Journalist Matt Taibbi said that between January 2020 and November 2022, then-Twitter Senior Director of Trust & Safety Yoel Roth had exchanged more than 150 emails with the FBI.

Taibbi showed numerous emails between federal law enforcement agencies and Twitter officials where agents repeatedly flagged election-related tweets from small accounts for the company to censor.

“The FBI regularly engages with private sector entities to provide information specific to identified foreign malign influence actors’ subversive, undeclared, covert, or criminal activities,” the FBI said in a statement. “Private sector entities independently make decisions about what, if any, action they take on their platforms and for their customers after the FBI has notified them.”

Taibbi’s report revealed that the FBI’s social media-focused task force, known as FTIF, has 80 agents that focus on threats involving “foreign influence and election tampering of all kinds.”

“Federal intelligence and law enforcement reach into Twitter included the Department of Homeland Security, which partnered with security contractors and think tanks to pressure Twitter to moderate content,” he continued.

Taibbi noted that the newest documents discovered throughout the course of the investigation showed that the FBI and DHS were “regularly sending social media content to Twitter through multiple entry points, pre-flagged for moderation.”

Stacia Cardille, then-director and associate general counsel for Twitter’s global policy legal team, emailed then-Twitter Deputy General Counsel Jim Baker saying that she was having regular meetings with the FBI, DOJ, DHS, and ODNI about election threats.

Other internal company emails showed employees processing a list of tweets that were flagged by the FBI for “possible violative content.”

Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Greg Steube (R-FL) responded to the news by indicating that the incoming Republican-majority Congress will investigate the revelations that have been made in the release of “The Twitter Files.”

“@FBI has a lot to answer for after the latest drop of #TwitterFiles6,” Gaetz tweeted. “@Jim_Jordan, @RepMikeJohnson, @RepAndyBiggsAZ, @RepDanBishop, and I will be asking the questions. Clear your calendar.”

“80 @FBI agents were colluding with Twitter to police content and moderate Americans’ speech?” Steube tweeted. “Sounds like Communist China to me. Investigations are coming!”