Elon Musk says Twitter will permanently suspend any account that impersonates another
People walk outside Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. Employees were bracing for widespread layoffs at Twitter on Friday, as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the social platform. BOSTON — — Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that Twitter will permanently suspend any account on the social media platform that impersonates another.
In fact, “any name change at all” would compel the temporary loss of a verified checkmark, the world's richest man said.had her account suspended Sunday after she switched her screen name to Musk. She told a Bloomberg reporter that she had also used his profile photo. Before the stunt, Bertinelli noted the original purpose of the blue verification checkmark. It was granted free of charge to people whose identity Twitter employees had confirmed; with journalists accounting for a big portion of recipients. “It simply meant your identity was verified. Scammers would have a harder time impersonating you,” Bertinelli noted.The $8 verified accounts are Musk's way of democratizing the service, he claims.
Musk later tweeted, “Twitter needs to become by far the most accurate source of information about the world. That’s our mission.”
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