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Elon Musk is trying to set parameters after a wave of fake-but-verified accounts swept Twitter this week after the company rolled out the $8-a-month verification policy.
Musk said Thursday that accounts involved in parody must now include “parody” in their name, not just their bio.
“To be more specific, accounts that do parody impersonations,” Musk said. “Basically, it’s not okay to trick people.”
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Musk previously said Twitter would permanently ban any account engaged in impersonation without clearly stating “parody.”
A blue verification check on the Twitter Inc. page on a smartphone ordered in the borough of Brooklyn in New York, USA, on Monday November 7, 2022. (Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Since then, a spate of accounts purporting to be famous figures and brands — from LeBron James to George W. Bush to Nintendo — have sprung up on the platform, stirring up even more chaos following Musk’s turbulent takeover of the company late last month.
Many of these spoof accounts included the person’s or company’s name in the handle next to the blue confirmation tick. This made it impossible to know the accounts were spoofed without clicking on the profiles and seeing the BIOS.
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Earlier Thursday, a fake account pretending to be Indianapolis-based drug company Eli Lilly said it was offering free insulin. In the evening, the company logo was removed from the avatar and the tweet was removed for violating company rules.