Elon Musk’s X Bans a Bunch of Popular Lefty Accounts, Then Backtracks

A number of prominent left-leaning X users who’ve been highly critical of billionaires Elon Musk and Bill Ackman, as well as the Israeli military action in Gaza, were suddenly and inexplicably banned on Tuesday by the social-media platform.

Among those suspended were Intercept national security reporter Ken Klippenstein and Texas Observer journalist Steven Monacelli. Additionally, other booted accounts with high follower counts included the TrueAnon podcast, Twitch streamer Rob Rousseau, along with users @RyanShead, @zei_squirrel, and @theliamnissan.

While no explanation or reason was immediately given for the suspensions, speculation immediately arose that those users’ overt criticism of Musk and Ackman—who helped lead a right-wing push to oust Harvard president Claudine Gay and has since bullied media outlets for reporting on his wife’s plagiarism—was behind the bans.

Read more at The Daily Beast.