X announces stricter rules for parody accounts

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Soon after purchasing Twitter three years ago, Elon Musk declared he was taking the shackles off the social media platform, which some had accused of becoming too woke and humorless. “Comedy is now legal on Twitter,” the tech billionaire tweeted in October 2022. BERLIN, GERMANY DECEMBER 01: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Britta Ped…

Musk Wants To Ban Parody Abuse on X, a Move That Will Effect Thousands of Accounts

‘We’re rolling out updates to improve transparency for Parody, Commentary, and Fan (PCF) accounts on our platform,’ the company said in a post over the weekend.

Elon Musk’s X tightens rules on parody accounts

Elon Musk’s X is tightening its rules on parody accounts starting April 10. The social media platform will mandate that accounts impersonating others start their account names with “fake” or “parody” and use different images from the accounts they are mimicking. The move targets confusion sparked by parody profiles, including those posing as X’s owner, Elon Musk. Current parody accounts often add “fake” or “parody” at the end of their names in b…

Elon Musk’s X Takes Aim at Parody Accounts in New Crackdown

(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Elon Musk’s X is cracking down on parody accounts with a new policy this week as the platform tries to wrestle back control of its ever-chaotic identity ecosystem. X announced Saturday that it will begin enforcing stricter rules on parody, commentary, and fan (PCF) accounts starting April 10, demanding that they clearly label themselves at the beginning of their usernames — and that they ditch profile images mimicking…

The social network tightens its rules on accounts parodying a personality or user. These misleading profiles will soon be forced to identify themselves as such.

The social network X will force the parodic accounts, which swarm on the platform, to change name, from April 10, by adding words like "fake" or "parody". ...