It’s no secret that protecting “free speech” was a large part of Elon Musk’s motivation to spend $44 billion to acquire Twitter, and while just last week Elon declared that "comedy is now legal on Twitter" -  he seems to have turned heel pretty fast. 


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Once blue-check marked accounts started to parody Elon, the realities began to set in that even the richest man in the world wasn't immune to having his feelings hurt. By turning their pages into parodies of his ever-present Twitter voice notable figures such as Kathy Griffin and Ethan Klien (of h3h3) had their accounts permanently suspended. It would seem that freedom of speech doesn’t extend to humor when it comes to making fun of Twitter’s new overlord. 





Elon took to Twitter to proclaim that any account participating in "impersonation" without explicitly claiming to be a "parody" account would be immediately suspended. It is worth noting that the h3h3 account had a profile photo with "Parody Account" written by hand. Musk also stated that while users would be given a warning before suspension in the past, that would no longer be the case.



While Elon's desire for free speech is admirable, it would seem that it doesn't extend to humor poking fun at him specifically. You would think that would be the least of his concerns right now.