Users are being banned from Twitter after creating parody accounts of public figures in an effort to point out the massive flaws in Elon Musk’s new verification system.
Musk’s purchase of the company has been public and messy, and when he became the new owner of Twitter, he wanted us to know that we were allowed to be funny again under his leadership. announcing: “Comedy is now legal on Twitter.” Thank you Elon!
And then the changes began to come.
It laid off staff en masse and introduced Twitter Blue, the service that lets you pay $7.99 for a blue check, in an effort to make the platform more profitable.
What a wonderful thing, paying just $7.99 a month to be a cool cat with a badge! Ready for memes and trolls! Verified users like it kathy griffin they began changing their profiles to mimic Musk’s and tweeted posts impersonating him to point out the blatant problem of identity fraud and misinformation. Unfortunately, that kind of comedy was simply not legal on Twitter, and the accounts of Griffin and other figures were suspended.
“Even though Jeffery Epstein committed horrible crimes, I still miss him on nights like this for his warmth and camaraderie. He rests in peace, old friend,” @h3h3produccionesthat he had changed his name and likeness to Elon Musk, he tweeted before being temporarily banned.
