Musk suspends comic’s Account, warns against twitter handle impersonation

New Delhi: Actor and comic Kathy Griffin became the first victim of Elon Musk’s new rule when Twitter suspended her account for “engaging in impersonation” after she changed her display name to “Elon Musk.” .

A screenshot of Griffin’s viral tweet that reads: “After intense discussion with the women in my life. I have decided that voting in blue for their choice is the most appropriate,” suggested voters to support Democratic candidates in the US midterm elections on November 8.

After her account was suspended for impersonating Musk, the new CEO of Twitter jokingly commented, “Actually, she was suspended for impersonating a comedian.

BREAK: @KathyGriffin was permanently suspended from Twitter for impersonation @ElonMusk pic.twitter.com/ust86DZHKj

– Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 6, 2022

“But if she really wants her account back, she can have it. For 8 dollars”.

He said Twitter needed to become “the most accurate source of information about the world”.

“That’s our mission,” Musk added.

On Monday, Musk said that any Twitter account that engages in impersonation without specifying “parody” on the handle will be permanently suspended.

Earlier, Twitter issued a warning before suspending, “but now that we are rolling out extensive verification, there will be no warnings,” said the world’s richest man.

Musk added: “Any name change will temporarily remove the verified check mark.