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He's not a free speech absolutist (he even tried to get a particular account shutdown for tracking his private jet, albiet he was offering them money to stop), he more or less just wants a more transparent form of moderation with only moderation leaning in one direction. That's actually a -good- thing. I've seen accounts banned for mild jokes, while some accounts literally post death threats and skirt by. The Taliban, Russia, etc all have Twitter accounts at the very moment and you think this is some new thing of "state sponsored" whatever. I am pretty sure many people here with comments like this have rarely if ever used Twitter for anything.


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