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I'm recalling a week ago when he said comedy was allowed on twitter again, and also the claims that they would not be censoring people.

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So his commitment to free speech absolutism has lasted an entire week! That's honestly longer than I expected. He's gonna need thicker skin if he's going to be extremely online all the time during this rebuild of the company.

I'm recalling a week ago when he said verified accounts that impersonated others would be suspended.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587853006699401216#m

When the phrasing is "spam/scam/impersonation", I'd say it doesn't cover this.

I would argue that these accounts are parodying, not impersonating.

"Free speech is what I allow it to be" - Elon Musk, probably

> If verified accounts violate terms of service, eg spam/scam/impersonation, they’ll be suspended, but Twitter will keep their money!

Yup, they were warned and they done it anyway and now they are crying over that suspension. So this over-reaction isn't newsworthy.

He also said that it wouldn't be impersonation if it had a disclaimer that it was a parody account, and then he banned accounts like H3H3's that were clearly labeled as parodies.

Yeah, who could have seen this coming? Will be interesting to see what other innocuous behavior ends up suddenly qualifying as a violation under this regime.

The banning is somewhat humorous, so i suppose he’s not completely wrong.

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