Users at risk as Elon Musk Announces Move to Suspend Fake Twitter Accounts, Gives Reason
- Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has continued to take steps to make sure Twitter is well managed and users experience topnotch
- The platform's new owner, in a recent move, has taken steps to work on Twitter's policy enforcement
- Musk wrote on Monday that Twitter will permanently suspend fake accounts without warning if they are not clearly labelled as 'parody'
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Popular microblogging platform, Twitter, has stated that it will permanently suspend impersonation accounts that do not clearly specify “parody”.
The new Twitter boss, Elon Musk, made this known in a series of tweets on Monday, November 7, The Punch report confirmed.
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The Chief Twit, as he calls himself, stated that the suspension would come without warning following the rollout of widespread verification on the platform.
Elon Musk gives reason as he suspends fake Twitter accounts
Musk said:
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“Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended.
“Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning.
“This will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue.”
Elon Musk threatens users
He added that a change in the name of any verified account will lead to a temporary loss of the checkmark.
“Any name change at all will cause temporary loss of verified checkmark,” Musk added.
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An update on the microblogging site for iOS appears to add a subscription service that enables iPhone users to pay the new subscription sum to obtain or retain their blue tick.
The service, which some users noticed on Saturday, November 4, 2022, is in line with the firm's plan to monetise the blue tick per Musk's demands.
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The Tesla CEO said the company had been left with no option but to let people go but stopped short of explaining how the large workforce is causing the company the amount.
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