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Musk pledges to remove Twitter imposters after celebrity protests

Elon Musk has ushered in sweeping changes at Twitter, including laying off about half of the company's 7,500 employees [File: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg]

Elon Musk has said he will remove Twitter accounts that impersonate others amid a backlash over the billionaire’s decision to offer the platform’s blue check mark to all users for a monthly fee.

Musk said on Sunday that any accounts “engaging in impersonation” would be permanently suspended after some high-profile accounts changed their name to Elon Musk to protest the Tesla CEO’s shake-up of the platform’s verification standards.

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