Twitter suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists who were covering Musk, including the Washington Post, CNN and the New York Times, who it alleged were putting his family at risk.
Twitter has started restoring accounts that were suspended for violating the platform's rules. According to Bloomberg News, the social media outlet plans to restore more accounts over the next 30 days.
In a series of tweets, Twitter said on Friday that it had identified a number of policies where a permanent suspension was a "disproportionate" action for breaking the rules.
"Reinstated accounts are still required to comply with their rules. Permanent suspension remains an enforcement action for serious violations," it said.
Earlier this week, the social network suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists, including The Washington Post, CNN and The New York Times, who were covering Musk, who it alleged was putting his family at risk .
Journalists wrote about the plane tracking Twitter account as well as Musk's reasoning for the new policy, which followed Musk's claim that a family member was stalked in Los Angeles.
According to a New York Times report, the suspended accounts include Ryan Mack of The New York Times, Donny O'Sullivan of CNN, Drew Harwell of The Washington Post, Matt Binder of Mashable, Micah Lee of The Intercept, political journalist Keith... Olbermann, Aaron Rupar and Tony Webster, both freelance journalists.
However, in his latest update on the microblogging site, Elon Musk has said that he will now restore the Twitter accounts of these journalists.
"The people have spoken. The suspension of accounts that doxed my location will now be lifted," tweeted the billionaire.
He also responded to the allegations he was getting since the accounts were suspended. Musk responded to the criticism leveled at him with sarcastic remarks. He wrote, "It is very inspiring to see the new love of freedom of expression by the press."
The United Nations and the European Union also raised concerns about the suspension of journalists' accounts. The European Union also warned Musk that Twitter could be subject to sanctions under future media legislation.
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