Just days after Elon Musk – a self-described “free speech absolutist” – unveiled a 9.2% stake in Twitter and was rewarded with a seat on the company’s board, eliciting cheers from Republicans and conservatives who have long seen their speech suppressed on the platform, the NYT’s executive editor has reportedly ordered the paper’s army of reporters (many of whom are among the platform’s most closely followed journalists) to reduce the amount of time they spend tweeting.
