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Elon Musk warns of Twitter account suspensions over impersonations, comedians suspended over Musk parodies

Elon Musk has warned that Twitter will permanently suspend any account on the social media platform that impersonates another.

The platform's new owner said that "going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying 'parody' will be permanently suspended".

Previously, Twitter had issued warnings before suspensions, but Mr Musk said now that it was rolling out "widespread verification, there'll be no warning".

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