Tag: impersonators
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Elon Musk spars with Kathy Griffin, defends Twitter censorship plans after bans of impersonators
Twitter owner Elon Musk is defending his preferred censorship model for social media after touting new restrictions on users who fail to disclose they were impersonating other people, signaling more rule changes are coming. Mr. Musk announced a blanket ban on all users impersonating others without identifying as a parody on Sunday evening, which…
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Elon Musk vows to boot Twitter account impersonators
BOSTON — Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that Twitter will permanently suspend any account on the social media platform that impersonates another. The platform’s new owner issued the warning after some celebrities changed their Twitter display names – not their account names – and tweeted as ‘Elon Musk’ in reaction to the billionaire’s decision to offer…