---
title: "Professor Says Elon Musk Locked Him Out of His Twitter Account"
description: "An NYU professor is locked out of his Twitter social media account after criticizing Twitter CEO Elon Musk."
date: "2023-08-17"
modified: "2023-08-17"
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url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/nyu-professor-elon-musk-locked-twitter-account"
categories:
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "The Industrialists"
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  - "elon musk"
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  - "threads"
  - "twitter"
---

# Professor Says Elon Musk Locked Him Out of His Twitter Account

![An NYU professor is locked out of his Twitter social media account after criticizing Twitter CEO Elon Musk.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nyu-professor-elon-musk-locked-twitter-account.jpg>)
*Scott Galloway, lecturer in Marketing at New York University, speaking at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) conference in Munich, Germany, 18 January 2016. For three days, guest speakers discuss trends and developments in digitalisation at the innovation conference. PHOTO: TOBIAS HASE/dpa | usage worldwide   (Photo by Tobias Hase/picture alliance via Getty Images) \<em\>Image: Getty Images\</em\>*

## Really Mature

When Elon Musk bought Twitter — which he's since [cringely renamed ](<https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230731-why-twitters-rebrand-to-x-feels-shocking-to-users>)[X](<https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230731-why-twitters-rebrand-to-x-feels-shocking-to-users>) — he said he wanted to make the [social media platform into a free speech zone](<https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-twitter-advertisers-massive-drop-in-revenue/>). But apparently that principle doesn't apply to critics like Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at New York University, who says he was locked out of his Twitter account of more than 564,000 followers after snubbing the mercurial tech guy.

Galloway [wrote yesterday](<https://www.threads.net/@profgalloway/post/Cv89Ismg-Q2>) on Meta's competing Threads platform that a "mutual friend reached out and said Elon feels 'unfairly attacked,' by me, and wants to meet."

"I declined," he added. "2 days later I was locked out of 'X.'"

## Snub Nose

The move follows a long line of behavior of Musk using the social media platform to subvert free speech and impose his will over his foes, like [blocking](<https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512113/twitter-blocking-mastodon-links-elon-musk-elonjet>) and [throttling traffic to websites he doesn't like](<https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/15/x-formerly-twitter-slows-down-access-to-threads-the-new-york-times-bluesky-and-more/>), [his public beef with *National Public Radio*](<https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label>), and [his spat with Substack](<https://www.businessinsider.com/the-feud-between-elon-musks-twitter-and-substack-explained-2023-4>).

As such, the responses on Galloway's post pointed out the blatant hypocrisy.

"What happened to free speech on X formerly known as Twitter," [one Threads user wrote](<https://www.threads.net/@theniazahmed/post/Cv-Ks57rUUw>).

Another [quipped that](<https://www.threads.net/@christophersommella/post/Cv_W7L5sjI5>) the "entire platform is a personal indulgence for a lunatic billionaire."

## Petty Beef

It's not exactly clear what set Musk off against Galloway, but Galloway's last mention of Musk on Twitter was him linking to a [*Reuters* story on how Musk created a secret team](<https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/>) at Tesla to cancel service appointments from people who were having range issues with their cars.

Galloway [tweeted with a sick burn](<https://twitter.com/profgalloway/status/1684654476349542401?s=20>) "Tesla intentionally gave drivers rosy driving range projections, leaving many stranded." He added, in a dig at Musk's ambitions [to add banking and other applications to X](<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-25/elon-musk-pursues-banking-in-wake-of-rivals-failed-attempts>): "BUT you should totally bank with X."

Galloway's last tweet was on July 28, so the professor has been locked out of Twitter for a good chunk of August already.

Since he's been locked out of his Twitter account, Galloway has continued criticizing Musk, [including sarcastically challenging him to trial by combat](<https://www.threads.net/@profgalloway/post/CwAicq2Aqej>). But [besides Mark Zuckerberg](<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/14/mark-zuckerberg-cage-fight-vs-elon-musk-not-serious>), Galloway will have to get in a long line, since Musk has not made many friends since taking over Twitter.

**More on Elon Musk:** [*Elon Musk Put Tesla on Autopilot During Date With Grimes, Then Closed His Eyes and Took His Hands Off the Wheel*](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-grimes-tesla-autopilot>)