Elon Musk deserves kudos for the decision to suspend West’s account. Musk has demonstrated to his detractors that he can be a responsible steward of the platform, cultivating an environment of open discourse with less politically biased content moderation while still maintaining certain guardrails. As a private company, Twitter is well within its rights to enforce such guardrails.

Musk should stay the course. He hasn’t been perfect, but he seems to be taking “the bird” in the right direction.