Twitter enacted the policy against deadnaming, or using a transgender person’s name before they transitioned, as well as purposefully using the wrong gender for someone as a form of harassment, in 2018.

On Monday, Twitter also said it will only put warning labels on some tweets that are “potentially” in violation of its rules against hateful conduct. Previously, the tweets were removed.

It was in this policy update that Twitter appears to have deleted the line against deadnaming from its rules.

[It’s always very interesting to see who cheers censorship and punishment and who decries allowing for a full debate and conversation in which people can simply criticize conduct they don’t like. That observation isn’t solely limited to one side of the political spectrum either, but it was policies like this that created demand for even more moderation and intervention. — Ed]