Twitter on Thursday evening abruptly suspended several high-profile journalists covering the platform and one of the world's richest men,

Elon Musk, who acquired the company just months ago.

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Hours after the suspension, Musk confronted one of the

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Suspended journalists in a Twitter Space audio discussion in

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front of an audience of over 30,000 listeners. The suspended journalist,

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along with several others, came onto the stage through a

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backdoor through the website's audio function.

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"You doxx, you get suspended. End of story.

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That's it," Musk said minutes before joining the discussion,

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explaining his latest policy to the group.

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