Twitter Handles Impersonating Users Without Parody Warning to Be Permanently Suspended, Elon Musk Says

Elon Musk stated that once widespread verification was rolled out, users would not be warned before their accounts were suspended.

By ANI | Updated: 7 November 2022 11:48 IST

Twitter Handles Impersonating Users Without Parody Warning to Be Permanently Suspended, Elon Musk Says

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Twitter Blue with verification is currently available on iOS

Highlights

No warning will be given as widespread Twitter verification rolls out
Any name change to cause temporary loss of verified checkmarks
Twitter Blue with is currently available on iOS in select countries

Elon Musk on Sunday said through a series of tweets that any Twitter handles found engaged in 'impersonation' without clearly specifying they were engaging in "parody" will be suspended permanently.

"Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying "parody" will be permanently suspended," Musk tweeted.

Twitter's new CEO further said that unlike before, no warning will be given now as widespread verification is being rolled out.

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"Previously, we issued a warning before the suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning. This will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue," he tweeted.

He also said that any name change now will cause a temporary loss of the verified checkmarks.

"Any name change at all will cause temporary loss of verified checkmark," he further tweeted.

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Earlier, Twitter updated its iOS app for Apple iPhone users, including the new $7.99 (roughly Rs. 660) per month Blue subscription.

Twitter Blue with verification is currently available on iOS in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.

On Tuesday, Musk confirmed the reports and announced that the company would charge $8 (roughly Rs. 660) a month for Twitter's subscription service with priority in replies, mentions, and searches.

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"Twitter's current lords and peasants system for who has or doesn't have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for USD 8/month," he tweeted.

However, Musk's decision to implement the blue tick fee did not go well with many. Even some advertiser pulled back their leg from the site. The Twitter Blue subscription launched widely almost a year ago as a way to view ad-free articles from some publishers and make other tweaks to the app, such as a different colour home screen icon.

Apart from the "blue tick fee", Musk has also been receiving a lot of hate on Twitter for laying off employees.

Defending his decision to fire employees, Musk said that it was needed as Twitter was losing more than $4 million (roughly Rs. 30 crore) per day.

"Regarding Twitter's reduction in force, unfortunately, there is no choice when the company is losing over USD 4M/day. Everyone exited was offered 3 months of severance, which is 50 percent more than legally required," Musk tweeted.

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