ays after Elon Musk declared that “comedy is now legal on Twitter,” the platform banned several comedians for parody tweets in which they impersonated its new owner.
Among the suspended accounts were comic Kathy Griffin and internet personality Ethan Klein, who both had verified “blue check” accounts. “Yes, I could have ended world hunger instead of buying Twitter,” wrote Klein to his 2.3 million followers, after changing his username to “Elon Musk” and his profile picture to a depiction of the billionaire. “But people don’t understand the importance of having a free and open forum. If somebody dies of starvation in Sudan, it won’t affect the world. But being able to say the N-word on Twitter is a right we all deserve.” Shortly after the tweet was posted, Klein’s account was suspended.
Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla, addressed the wave of impersonations late Sunday night. “Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended,” he wrote. “Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning.”
The suspensions came just days before Musk was set to make the blue “verified” checkmark —which previously made it clear that an account was genuine—available to anybody who pays a subscription fee of $8 per month. Musk, who has described himself as a “free speech absolutist,” said account holders that do not pay for the privilege of verification will appear below paid accounts in search results and replies.
The fact that I have to clarify this to a journalist is an insane indicstion of how far we have fallen. Impersonation is not free speech, it’s a crime. It doesn’t matter if it’s online or in the living world.
Musk cracking down on the fake media like so. A.T.A.R., otherwise too slow...
Well then what do you call fraud. Something no liberal or democrat is capable of? 🤔 😆😅🤣😂🤣 ya right! 🤣😅😂
The tos lay out the rules, they broke them
Lol. So much for free speech. What a petty, town square yakker this guy is.
well if Time executives and editors are impersonated and begin posting pr0n, they would want to ban the accounts as well. free speech? that is over reaching.
Guess he is to sensitive that he can’t just laugh at a statement from his own mouth.
Oh c'mon, impersonating people wasn't allowed even before that Musk bought Twitter. And he never said it would become allowed to do so.
Looks like there's a whole lot of geniuses on this thread that can't make the difference between impersonation and parody/satire.
57MCM Ah, yes, the 'free speech' maven who wants comedy to return - just so long as it is at the expense of others. When at his expense, then 'BAN THEM ALL!!!'
UnAmerican
If you don't like it then leave Twitter. It is a private company. He can do what he wants.
Stop spreading misinformation you little bitches. 🤣
Lying to your audience. Shameful. No they didn’t follow the rules of Twitter. Full stop.
The General Apartheid suit!
Turns out identity theft and defamation is illegal .. who'd of thunk it
Yes actions have consequences. Break a rule, pay the penalty. Use to be same in modern civilizations- break a law, pay the consequences. Not participation trophies
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If you don’t like it move 2 another platform..
Burns doesn’t it?
Hmm. Elon, this just the beginning. 🤣🤣🤣
Impersonating someone has always been a violation of Twitter's TOS.
This is BAD! VERY BAD. means elon musk is a tyrant.
They went against Twitter’s terms of service and got caught. That’s not new.
acvallejo But, but, but...
VE VIL ASK ZE KVESTIONS!
There's a rule that parody accounts must state that they are parody accounts. They broke the rule.
Childish billionaire finds out that the limit of free-speech is being ridiculed in the media platform he just bought as a vanity project for himself.
The irony. Can't take it, but can talk shit all day.
Time is lying again. Impersonation has always been against Twitter's terms of service.
Crybaby.
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