Séamas O'Reilly: I criticised 'free speech absolutist' Elon Musk's X. My account was suspended

On Saturday evening X, formerly known as Twitter, suspended Séamas O'Reilly's account. It happened hours after he wrote about the social media platform in his 'Irish Examiner' column. Here, he gives his response
Séamas O'Reilly: I criticised 'free speech absolutist' Elon Musk's X. My account was suspended

Was it something I said? Séamas O'Reilly tries to find answers to his recent suspension from X, formerly known as Twitter

When one gets banned by a social media platform, it’s often hard to know why.

At least, I presume this is a universal reaction, since it’s never happened to me in 14 years of tweeting.

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