Elon Musk has suspended comedian Kathy Griffin’s account for impersonation. “She was, in fact, suspended for posing as a comedian,” Musk wrote.
Comedian Kathy Griffin became the latest victim on Twitter, when her account was suspended after Twitter CEO Elon Musk ordered the handling of ‘impersonation’ behavior without explicitly stating it as a “parody”. will be permanently suspended.
Griffin changed her profile name to Musk, whereby she was apparently banned immediately social media as reported by Fox News.
Although her handle shows her own name @kathygriffin, nicknamed by her blue check mark. Elon Musk This goes against the company’s anti-impersonation policy.
Sharing the tweet, Elon Musk wrote, “REDACTED: @kathygriffin has been permanently suspended from Twitter for impersonation.”
He continued, “Actually, she was suspended for posing as a comedian.”
Elon Musk on Sunday said through a series of tweets that any Twitter handle found to be ‘impersonating’ behavior that doesn’t clearly indicate a ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended.
“In the future, any Twitter that handles engaging in impersonation without explicitly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended,” Musk tweeted.
Twitter’s new CEO added that unlike before, no warnings will be issued now as an extensive verification process is underway.
“We’ve issued warnings before suspending, but now that we’re rolling out extensive verification, there won’t be any warnings. This will be clearly defined as a condition for signing up for Twitter. Blue,” he tweeted.
He also said that any name change will now temporarily remove the verified checkmarks.
“Any name change will remove the verified checkmark temporarily,” he added.
Before that, Twitter updated iOS Application for Apple iPhone users, including the new Blue subscription for $7.99 per month. Witter Blue with verification is now available on iOS inside WECanada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
On Tuesday, Musk confirmed the reports and announced that the company will charge $8 a month for Twitter’s subscription service with priority replies, mentions, and search.
“Twitter’s current system of lords and farmers for those with or without a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month,” he tweeted.
However, Musk’s decision to impose a blue tick fee did not go well with many people. Some advertisers have even pulled their feet from the site. Subscribe to Twitter Blue launched to the public nearly a year ago as a way to view ad-free articles from some publishers and make other tweaks to the app, such as a different color.
In addition to the “blue tick fee,” Musk also received a lot of hate on Twitter for firing employees.
Defending his decision to lay off employees, Musk said it was necessary because Twitter was losing more than $4 million a day. “Regarding Twitter’s workforce reduction, unfortunately, there is no other option when the company is losing more than 4 million USD / day. Everyone who has exited has been offered 3 months severance, more than 50%. than the legal requirement,” Musk wrote on Twitter.
