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Bloomberg: Twitter removed the blue check mark that signals a user’s authenticity from the account of Milo Yiannopoulos, a writer for Breitbart whose tweets about women’s issues have made him a symbol of the battle over noxious speech online. But if Twitter’s intent was to make him less visible, its plan may have backfired. Yiannopoulos is reveling in the attention. His audience is largely comprised of people seeking evidence of liberal bias in American institutions. For now this looks like a lose-lose for Twitter.