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This will also be abused by politicians, while it will largely be ignored for normal people.

I don't think the new policy applies to politicians[1], though of course they may still try to abuse it.

[1] https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/private-i... This policy is not applicable to media featuring public figures...

Is Jeffrey Epstein a public figure? Or only the people that used his services?

I can think of one UK MP who would try to abuse this.