CATHY YOUNG: PLAYING POLITICS WITH ONLINE ABUSE:

Whatever one may think of Yiannopoulos, Twitter’s attempt to—in his words—sit him “at the naughty table” was both nonsensical and troubling. First of all, if verification is about confirming identity, what’s it got to do with Twitter rule violations? Did Yiannopoulos stop being himself when he did whatever naughty thing he did? (Ha!) Is verification a badge of good behavior or elite status? An investigation by Adland reveals that it’s often connected to knowing someone at Twitter if you’re an individual, and advertising on Twitter if you’re a business.

With lefty organizations, everything is ultimately about being part of the in-group, or not. And Twitter is quite plainly a lefty organization. In unrelated news, its stock has tanked lately.