[mojzu]

I wouldn't be happy with it but that doesn't make it illegal. In some countries it might be considered libel/defamation depending on what was said, but those standards vary wildly between/within countries and are to my understanding generally not considered criminal

And permitting lying or misleading speech is a pretty core part of free speech, it might be socially frowned upon or disincentivised by terms of service/moderation/other methods, but it's certainly not illegal

[1337shadow]

Actually, the user was benefiting from the blue checkmark of "verified account" and changed name and photo to "Elon Musk", that's got to be clearly a violation of twitter verified account terms, don't you think?

[mojzu]

It probably is against the ToS, but it's also perfectly legal first amendment speech, which undercuts Elon's claims that he's turning Twitter into a free speech platform. Seems more like a Elon-sanctioned speech platform

[1337shadow]

It used to be so much more free before yes https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspensio...

Anyway, break the ToS of a any service and you'll get suspended, I fail to see where the debate is right there.

The title of the article is misleading, the comedian account was not unlabeled: it was labeled as certified.