Elon Musk has announced a permanent ban on impersonators. He introduced the new regulation on Sunday.
“Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended,” he posted on Twitter.
According to him, Twitter used to offer warnings before suspending accounts, but now that broad verification is being implemented, there would be “no exceptions” and no warnings.
The new policy will be identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue, he stressed.
“Any name change at all will cause temporary loss of verified checkmark,” Musk added.
The new regulation came after several celebrities and blue-check verified Twitter users allegedly changed their accounts to mimic the platform’s owner….