The new verification scheme, which allows anyone to buy a verification check mark, was suspended and new rules for parody accounts were announced on Friday.
There are parody accounts that target American Girl, Nintendo, Eli Lilly, and Rudy.
A fake account pretending to be a Republican candidate for Arizona governor made a fake concession announcement to her opponent on Wednesday, even though the election hasn't been called.
On Thursday night, a fake account with the handle@LockheedMartini and a Blue checkmark said that the company would stop selling to Saudi Arabia, Israel and the U.S.
The account that was suspended looked like the American Girl account and said, "I'm not even lying"
A parody account with a fake apology and an image of the brand's logo was suspended after Eli Lilly issued an apology and said it wouldn't give freeinsulin.
The account pretending to be British Petroleum was suspended on Thursday after it said, "Just cause we killed the planet doesn't mean we can't miss it."
The parody account of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has been suspended.
A parody account pretending to be Chiquita said that they have not overthrown a government since 1954.
A fake account with the handle "RealTesla" was suspended for spoofing Musk's car company.
A parody account of Nintendo posted a picture of Mario Bros. The character lifted his middle finger.
There are parody accounts that impersonate athletes and celebrities, such as a fake Rudy Giuliani account that said the Trump attorney stood by the athletes who posted antisemitic content.
In order to level the playing field for platform users, Musk launched a new service last week called Twitter Blue, which costs $8 a month. The current lords and peasants system is bulls**t according to Musk. The new system requires verified accounts to pay a monthly fee to keep their checkmarks.
A new set of policies for parody accounts was laid out on Friday by Musk. The platform should feature a "malicious intent or with the intent to deceive" rule according to Ian Miles Cheong.
All of you will be pressured by management into pushing out changes that will likely lead to major incidents according to an internal message sent by the former head of trust and safety.
The world's wealthiest person let go of key leadership members, including company CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal, and reportedly plans to lay off roughly 50% of its workforce, although he reportedly Several companies have pulled their advertisements on the platform, over concerns that Musk could lift the site's moderation policies, even after he promised to advertisers not to let the platform become a "free-for-all hellscape". He admitted last week that the company was having serious revenue and cost challenges before he bought it.
Musk issues a new rule for parody accounts after they have been verified.
The sign ups for paid verification were suspended after Impersonator Chaos.
The blue check was launched days after Musk's promise.
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