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Twitter owner Elon Musk on Sunday said Twitter users who impersonate authentic accounts on the platform will be banned.
“Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended,” Musk wrote on Twitter. “Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning.”
Musk has angered many users with changes to Twitter’s verification system, asking people to pay $8 a month for a subscription that includes the blue check mark.
He said the rules against impersonations would be “clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue,” adding that users would also temporarily lose verification if they change their profile name.
