The decision comes less than a week after NBC News announced her hiring, prompting an extraordinary public protest from the former host of its flagship Sunday morning political show, as well as from many of the most popular MSNBC hosts.
Musk targeted the Center for Countering Digital Hate after it released a report called “Toxic Twitter” last year about hate speech and conspiracy theories on the platform.
Officials said those sanctioned are responsible for a hack that may have gained access to information on tens of millions of U.K. voters held by the Electoral Commission.