Twitter impersonators will be permanently banned, no more fake profiles from now

November 07, 2022 By Monica Green

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Elon Musk just paid a staggering $44 billion to acquire Twitter, and the CEO has since implemented a number of changes to enhance the service. Impersonator accounts may be permanently suspended as part of one of these actions. Elon Musk reportedly declared lately that fake twitter accounts would be permanently barred from the network, according to the AP News report. The CEO attempted to tweet as "Elon Musk" while also advising celebrities not to change their Twitter display names, only their account names. The celebrities responded to his decision to alter the structure of verified accounts by changing their Twitter display names to "Elon Musk." Those who wish to authenticate their accounts on Twitter will pay $8 each month. [caption id="attachment_59638" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Twitter impersonators will be permanently banned, no more fake profiles from now

Twitter impersonators will be permanently banned, no more fake profiles from now

Image: 9news[/caption] Fake twitter accounts that do not identify as "parody" will have their Twitter accounts permanently suspended. Twitter will permanently suspend impersonating accounts that do not identify "parody," according to Elon Musk's post. In a subsequent tweet, he added that in the past, they had warned users before suspending their accounts.

Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be permanently suspended
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2022

Those who change their names will momentarily lose their verified checkmark status, according to a warning that was issued. They will no longer be able to issue a warning, though, as they will be implementing widespread verification. Any name change will temporarily result in the account losing its verified checkmark status, and the new condition will be made clear upon signing up for Twitter Blue.

Recently, the account of the comedian Kathy Griffin was terminated after she changed her screen name to "Musk." The same thing occurred to actress Valerie Bertinelli, who before apologizing changed back to her old Twitter identity. The blue verification checkmark was offered without charge to some users who were verified by Twitter staff as being who they claimed to be prior to the change, according to Bertinelli. A significant part of the honorees are journalists. According to Bertinelli, having the blue verification checkmark signifies that the account's identity has been validated, making it more difficult for scammers to use the account's identity as a ruse. Since it no longer applies, she added, "Good luck out there!" The US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK would be the first countries where the service would be offered. There was no more information regarding the implementation date of the new guidelines.

By Monica Green

I am specialised in latest tech and tech discoveries.

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