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| Musk threatens to permanently ban any verified account |
Billionaire Elon Musk warned Sunday that social media platform Twitter will permanently ban any account that impersonates another person.
In response to the ruling by the world's richest man, some celebrities with verified accounts on the platform changed their display names instead of usernames and added Elon Musk's name to his profile picture, the new Twitter chief issued a warning. Allows any user to have a verified account signature. Blue pays $8 per month.
"From now on, any Twitter account that impersonates another person without the intent of satire will be permanently banned," Musk wrote on Twitter. Verified accounts will be banned without notice after the Verified Accounts feature. diffuse.
Musk also said that any name change would cause the blue tick to be lost temporarily.
Twitter on Saturday announced a program that allows subscribers to its paid service, Twitter Blue, to get the badge on their personal accounts for $7.99 a month.
"It's a powerful motivator for fans," Twitter said in its announcement of the new feature. "Your account will get a blue verification badge, just like the celebrities, companies and politicians you follow," she added.
However, many Twitter users and employees fear that the paid blue tick could cause confusion ahead of next Tuesday's elections. Because it is easy for any user to make their account unique as if it is an official party and then spread false information about election results, which can lead to hate speech.
The New York Times reported on Sunday that Twitter was delaying subscribers to its new monthly subscription service until after the US midterm elections, scheduled for next Tuesday, to receive a blue flag for account verification.
One of the changes that Elon Musk bought Twitter in a $44 billion deal on October 28 is that monthly subscriptions can earn a blue certification badge.
Because Musk is still under financial pressure from the deal, especially since the $13 billion deal is in debt to investors, it is accelerating the company's revenue growth. Revenue is attributed to advertisers who place their ads on the platform.
To relieve financial stress, Musk on Friday laid off about half of Twitter's workforce, or about 3,700 employees, and said at the time he had to do so because the company lost about $4 million. dollars a day.
Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be permanently suspended
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2022