Yesterday, April 20, 2023, a date which will live in infamy: Twitter blue checkmarks nuked

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Musk's "free speech absolutism" lasted all of three days. He immediately learned the purpose of content moderation policies.

But at least he explained his policies!  He said that in order to keep the blue checkmark, you had to sign off on not impersonating anyone unless you marked it "satire." They clearly broke the rule.  It was not a vague one, it was specific, with the penalty told in advance.