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2600 Magazine's Twitter account locked for posting info of DOGE employees

by aestetix on 3/10/25, 7:49 AM with 29 comments

  • by andrewinardeer on 3/10/25, 10:46 AM

    I guess the argument is did they break X's ToS?

    2600 Magazine says they didn't. They posted names and email addresses of DOGE employees.

    My partner works for the government in a mid level management position. I'd be pissed if someone on X posted her name and email address in an article that borderline encouraged people to email her in a not so positive manner.

    It seems that X deems names and email addresses to be personal info. I'm pretty sure this was in Twitters ToS pre-Musk as well.

    Why does breaking X's ToS not warrant an account suspension? You can even sneeze loudly in some subreddits without falling afoul of inciting violence.

    Perhaps this is a shift away from cancel culture? I don't see why that's a bad thing.

  • by DrWhax on 3/10/25, 12:11 PM

    can someone please think of elon's hostile government takeover employees!
  • by x______________ on 3/10/25, 11:43 AM

    My only question is why?

    The topic at hand seems a stretch compared to normal content from the 2600 crew and the background they come from, doxxing (anyone) (for whatever reason) on a social media account (irregardless of who runs it) doesn't seem like a good idea.

  • by zfg on 3/10/25, 8:23 AM

    Another win for Musk's free speech absolutism! Extremely hardcore!