Elon Musk has banned Twitter accounts from impersonating others. “clearly”The Twitter boss declared Sunday that the tweet was parody.
“Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended,”Musk tweets
Musk took the new policy seriously, as Kathy Griffin’s AccountShe was temporarily detained after she and a slew of celebrities changed their display names “Elon Musk” in protest of the Tesla CEO’s control over the social media platform.
Thought “One Day at a Time” actress Valerie Bertinelli and “Roswell”Star Brendan Fehr was also part of the trend. It appears that they were able to avoid suspension by changing their names promptly.
“We are no longer all Elon Musk… … cause he locked those accounts,” Fehr WriteSunday morning “But don’t worry, he’s still perfectly fine with anyone tweeting lies and irresponsible conspiracies so all’s good and makes sense.”
Bertinelli also changed her profile on Sunday morning. Tweeting “Okey-dokey I’ve had my fun and I think I made my point. I’m just not a ‘trending’ kind of gal. Never have been, never want to be.”
Musk also clarified that moving forward accounts will not receive a warning before they are suspended, marking another change from the social media platform’s previous regime.
“Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning,”He Write. “This will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue.”
In fact “any name change at all will cause temporary loss of verified checkmark,” AccordingMusk.
Despite initially launching the new Twitter Blue $7.99 per month subscription Saturday, the New York Times reported Sunday Twitter will delay its new blue check subscription rollout until after Tuesday’s midterms amid concerns of election misinformation that would be caused by the new plan.