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Judge blocks Tennessee's anti-drag law; group says it violates free speech rights https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-tennessees-anti-drag-law
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Sunu Chandy https://pen.org/the-pen-ten-an-interview-with-sunu-chandy/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-pug
White House will not pay for staff's official Twitter profiles to be verified: "It is our understanding that Twitter Blue does not provide person-level verification as a service... a blue check mark will now simply (verify)... the account is a paid user." https://www.axios.com/2023/03/31/twitter-verification-white-house-biden-check-mark