Musk announces Twitter ban on unlabeled parody after celebs impersonate him

A strict ban on unlabeled parody accounts was announced by Musk yesterday. Musk said that any account that impersonates without specifying "parody" will be permanently suspended.

A number of high-profile users changed their profiles to match Musk's announcement. Sarah Silverman's account was temporarily locked after she used Musk's name and profile picture. "I am a freedom of speech absolutist and I eat doody for breakfast every day" was the message that was sent by Silverman.

The account was suspended for similar reasons. The suspensions happened a week after Musk said that comedy is now legal on the micro-blogging site.

It appears that the rule on unlabeled parody applies to all accounts on the social networking site. Banning all un labeled parodies would be more strict than the current rule that says, "You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to confuse, confuse, or deceive others."

The existing rule states that parody accounts should clearly indicate that the user is not affiliated with the account. Musk's statement suggests that there will be a harder line against un labeled parody than there was before.

The accounts that were marked as parodies of Musk were also suspended. One account with over 2.3 million followers was suspended because it was making posts about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Musk says rule targets “malicious deception”

The blue checkmark of people who changed their display name would be temporarily lost. There will be no warning now that we are rolling out widespread verification. This will be a condition for signing up to the social networking site. Change of name will cause temporary loss of checkmark.

The price of the subscription to the service will be raised from $5 to $8 a month and account verification will be required. The changes could be implemented later this week after Tuesday's US elections, according to reports.

Musk said it's okay to use a pseudonym. The principle is that verified users can't be deceptive.

Musk said that if she really wanted her account back, she could. Musk wrote that his commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following his plane even though that is a direct personal safety risk. That's a reference to Musk's offer to disabled the account in 2021.

It was a few months before the acquisition that Musk said that permanent bans should be rare. He promised to restore Donald Trump's account when he was president.