Mastodon banned by Twitter following the suspension of Koo's account

Digital Desk: Elon Musk, Twitter's new CEO, wants his critics to stay on the network but does not want Twitter's competitors to thrive. Twitter appears to have suspended Koo's account from the network. Not only has Koo been suspended from Twitter, but Mastodon has also been removed from the microblogging network. Following Musk's acquisition of Twitter, most prominent figures were discovered to be flocking to Mastodon.

Mayank Bidawatka, Koo's co-founder, announced the news on Twitter. 'One of the Koo Twitter names just got banned,' he added. For what purpose? Because we are competitors with Twitter? So? Mastodon was also blocked today. 'How does free speech work, and what kind of world do we live in?' Bidawatka also uploaded a screenshot of the blocked account, which states that it was blocked due to a violation of Twitter policies. This comes after Musk suspended the accounts of journalists who cover from. Most of them work for major media outlets such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, Mashable, and CNN.

The event inspired Koo's co-founder to invite the blacklisted journalists to his site. "We run Koo, and the journalists should leave. There are migration tools accessible. Koo is the best Twitter substitute. Because of you and millions of other users like us, this place exists. "Let's not stroke this guy's ego," he wrote. Bidawatka, ironically, is still using Twitter to advertise his social networking platform, Koo.

Mastodon, Twitter's open-source competitor, was disabled from its servers a day after Twitter banned the journalists that covered Musk. According to reports, the social media platform tweeted a link to an account that tracks Elon Musk's private jet. The Twitter account @Elonjet has now been suspended from the network. It was controlled by Florida student Jack Sweeney, whose personal Twitter account has now been disabled.

Mastodon announced that it had gained thousands of users when Musk took over Twitter in November. Mastodon had over one million users as of November 6. Many prominent personalities left Twitter to try something new.