That article says the suspensions lasted only a few hours. In no way were they "purged", and the first three named accounts all are highly active.
MintPress News journalist: https://twitter.com/alanrmacleod (active, posted in the last hour)
Intercept journalist: https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein (active, posted 46 minutes ago)
Texas Observer journalist: https://x.com/stevanzetti (active, posted 2 hours ago)
If these are the best examples of Musk engaging in censorship then he must be doing a very fair job indeed!
A more likely explanation is that the suspensions were related to anti-botting activity, as they came back from suspension with fewer followers than before. Journalists buying Twitter followers is not unheard of, unfortunately:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/journalists-struggle-ex...
