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Evan Santiago

Can you be banned from Twitter for running a parody account? Here are the terms

Following a series of moves to form new policy, Twitter has suspended the account of comedian Kathy Griffin after she used the platform to impersonate Elon Musk, the company’s new owner.

According to a tweet published by Musk on Sunday, anyone who uses their Twitter account to impersonate another person will be permanently banned from the platform.

“Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended,” Musk wrote. “Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning.”

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