Elon Musk bans Twitter accounts that impersonate others - as comedian falls victim to new rule

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Elon Musk says Twitter volition permanently suspend immoderate relationship that impersonates different - unless it intelligibly states it is simply a "parody".

The societal media platform's caller proprietor issued the informing aft immoderate celebrities changed their Twitter show names - not their relationship names - to "Elon Musk" successful absorption to the billionaire's determination to connection verified accounts to each comers for $8 month.

Comedian Kathy Griffin had her relationship suspended connected Sunday for switching her show sanction to Musk's.

Actor Valerie Bertinelli did the aforesaid earlier switching it backmost to her existent name. But first, she posted a bid of tweets successful enactment of Democratic candidates.

Comedian Sarah Silverman besides appeared to person her relationship locked arsenic she shared a screenshot of her Twitter leafage with the show sanction "Sarah K Silverman".

Musk said Twitter antecedently issued a informing earlier suspension, but arsenic the societal media elephantine is rolling retired wide verification, determination volition beryllium nary informing arsenic good arsenic "no exceptions."

"This volition beryllium intelligibly identified arsenic a information for signing up to Twitter Blue," Musk said, adding immoderate sanction alteration astatine all
will origin impermanent nonaccomplishment of verified checkmark.

 SpaceX proprietor  and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during a speech  with legendary crippled  decorator  Todd Howard (not pictured) astatine  the E3 gaming normal  successful  Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

On Saturday Twiter updated its app successful Apple's App Store to statesman charging $8 for sought-after bluish cheque verification marks, successful Musk's archetypal large revision of the societal media platform.

Tesla Inc brag Musk, who besides volition service arsenic main enforcement of Twitter, past period said Twitter volition beryllium forming a contented moderation assembly with "widely divers viewpoints".

"No large contented decisions oregon relationship reinstatements volition hap earlier that assembly convenes," helium added.

Elon Musk

On the taxable of banned accounts, Musk past week said they volition not beryllium allowed backmost onto Twitter until the societal media
platform has "a wide process for doing so."

Creating specified a process would instrumentality astatine slightest a fewer much weeks, Musk had tweeted, giving much clarity astir the imaginable instrumentality of Twitter's astir celebrated banned user, erstwhile US President Donald Trump.

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The caller timeline implies Trump volition not instrumentality successful clip for the midterm elections connected 8 November.

Earlier connected Sunday, the New York Times reported Twitter is delaying the rollout of verification cheque marks to subscribers
of its caller work until aft Tuesday's midterm elections.

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