Some myths about Twitter censorship

Claims of political persecution may be good for influencer branding, but they don't always have a basis in reality.

Twitter censorship is both more and less extensive than our discourse would have you believe. More, because Twitter’s most consequential form of censorship by far — its blue-check system, which is deliberately designed to promote some voices and suppress others — is one that works to the advantage of our loudest pundits. Similarly, Twitter has been bann…