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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Twitter bans impersonators; Crown fined $120m; and billionaires polluting the planet

An image of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022.
Elon Musk has said accounts that impersonate others without clearly saying they are parodies will be suspended. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

If you’re thinking of impersonating Elon Musk on Twitter, you may end up off the platform altogether. That’s what happened to comedian Kathy Griffin, who found her account permanently suspended after changing her username to “Elon Musk”. The billionaire new owner of Twitter and self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” later tweeted that impersonating accounts that do not clearly specify “parody” will be permanently suspended.

Still on billionaires – Oxfam has released a report in the lead-up to Cop27 on the carbon impact of the investments of the super-rich. And, no surprise, it’s massive. About the same per year as the whole of France, to be exact.

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