Kathy Griffin’s Twitter Account Has Been Suspended For Impersonating Elon Musk.

The comedian Kathy Griffin’s account was suspended on Sunday, making her the most recent victim of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover.

After changing her username to Musk, Griffin, 62, appeared to be immediately removed from the social media platform.

Despite the fact that her handle displayed the name “Elon Musk” in contrast to her blue checkmark, this violates the company’s anti-impersonation policy.

Just weeks after formally acquiring Twitter for $44 billion after months of legal fighting, the founder of SpaceX demonstrated that he was taking his “Chief Tweet” post seriously by addressing phony accounts.
He said on Sunday night, “Moving forward, any Twitter handles engaged in impersonation without explicitly declaring ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended.

“Prior to rolling out widespread verification, we used to offer a warning before suspension; going forward, there won’t be a warning. This will be stated explicitly as a requirement for joining Twitter Blue.”

Musk is introducing an $8 per month subscription service via which any Twitter user may quickly get a blue checkmark icon.
In the past, the plain blue mark was used to confirm official accounts, well-known people, politicians, journalists, and other screened users.

In the series of tweets, he said, “Any name change at all will entail the temporary loss of verified checkmark.”

The redesign is intended to help the corporation pay off its debt. Less than 450,000 accounts, out of Twitter’s over 237 million users, presently have the blue checkmark icons.

Workers who claimed the layoffs broke the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which calls for 60 days’ notice for employees, filed a class-action complaint against the corporation.