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> He's all "free speech absolutism" but lashes out at people whose speech is critical of him. She changed her display name to "Elon Musk", copied Elon's profil

> He's all "free speech absolutism" but lashes out at people whose speech is critical of him. She changed her display name to "Elon Musk", copied Elon's profile pic, then proceeded to tweet a political endorsement. Do we care about misinformation, or don't we? [0]https://twitter.com/Davei_Boi/status/1589592753805340674/photo/1 https://twitter.com/Davei_Boi/status/1589592753805340674/pho...

woojoo666 4y ago
This isn't even really a free speech issue. You can still change your name. Just not with a verified checkmark. In fact we can think of twitter verification as a way of asserting that your name won't change. This way, people will trust the name more.
- klyrs 4y ago
  > You can still change your name. For certain values of "you," anyway.
  - woojoo666 4y ago
    Anybody can do it. If you are already verified, just stop paying, and you'll lose verification, and now you can change your name. Perhaps they should make it easier to remove the verification yourself, though I don't see it being a common use case
- tinus_hn 4y ago
  The question is, what is Twitter verifying when you get the checkmark? I don’t see what they can verify if your usercode happens to be marc1986.
  - woojoo666 4y ago
    Maybe they just check if your real name matches your twitter display name
klyrs 4y ago
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-293/242292/20221003125252896_35295545_1-22.10.03%20-%20Novak-Parma%20-%20Onion%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-293/242292/2022... [pdf] Is parody free speech, or is it not?
- jimmygrapes 4y ago
  Does parody encompass fraudulent misrepresentation? Does an identical twin or other lookalike get to claim parody defense if their actions or words incite [insert unwanted behavior] by others]? It's an interesting rabbit hole that I'm not sure has been fully litigated yet and many of my techy lawyer pals are antsy waiting for it to come about with the "inevitable" deep fake cases.
  - klyrs 4y ago
    Her post was clearly marked @kathygriffin. This isn't anywhere close to the borderline cases you're elaborating here.
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woojoo666 4y ago

This isn't even really a free speech issue. You can still change your name. Just not with a verified checkmark. In fact we can think of twitter verification as a way of asserting that your name won't change. This way, people will trust the name more.

klyrs 4y ago
> You can still change your name. For certain values of "you," anyway.
- woojoo666 4y ago
  Anybody can do it. If you are already verified, just stop paying, and you'll lose verification, and now you can change your name. Perhaps they should make it easier to remove the verification yourself, though I don't see it being a common use case
tinus_hn 4y ago
The question is, what is Twitter verifying when you get the checkmark? I don’t see what they can verify if your usercode happens to be marc1986.
- woojoo666 4y ago
  Maybe they just check if your real name matches your twitter display name

klyrs 4y ago

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-293/242292/20221003125252896_35295545_1-22.10.03%20-%20Novak-Parma%20-%20Onion%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-293/242292/2022... [pdf] Is parody free speech, or is it not?

jimmygrapes 4y ago
Does parody encompass fraudulent misrepresentation? Does an identical twin or other lookalike get to claim parody defense if their actions or words incite [insert unwanted behavior] by others]? It's an interesting rabbit hole that I'm not sure has been fully litigated yet and many of my techy lawyer pals are antsy waiting for it to come about with the "inevitable" deep fake cases.
- klyrs 4y ago
  Her post was clearly marked @kathygriffin. This isn't anywhere close to the borderline cases you're elaborating here.

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