Twitter Bans Users With Millions of Followers for Making Fun of Elon Musk, Who Famously Loves Free Speech

Twitter Bans Users With Millions of Followers for Making Fun of Elon Musk, Who Famously Loves Free Speech

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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7k8mya/twitter-bans-users-with-millions-of-followers-for-making-fun-of-elon-musk-who-famously-loves-free-speech

Immediately after Elon Musk took over Twitter on Friday, the site began banning high-profile users with millions of followers who were making fun of the billionaire for his $44 billion forced purchase of the platform—a move that’s caused him to flail chaotically to find ways to make money, like a widely-criticized $8 paid verification scheme.

The Twitter account for h3h3Productions—a YouTube channel and podcast with 2.3 million followers on Twitter—was banned on Monday morning after changing its display name to "Elon Musk" and switching to an outdated Musk avatar. It also changed its bio to clearly say it was a parody account and even changed its banner to an image that says, "parody account."