X will now label parody accounts

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X announced a new system for labeling parody or satirical accounts. The measure comes after several incidents in which users, some with responsibilities, confused satirical publications with authentic statements, although the...

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X Creates a New Parody Label for Accounts, Solving a Problem Elon Created

Blue checkmarks addressed this issue just fine before Elon Musk took a sledgehammer to them.

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Distinctive tags will also appear next to joke profiles and posts they write.

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Those bold pioneers at Twitter/X have managed to reinvent account verification

In what we can only assume was a fit of jealous pique at Mark Zuckerberg stealing away all the negative headlines and eyerolls that are his by divine right, Elon Musk's Twitter/X-if-we-have-to-call-it-that announced this week that it's rolling out a new system where parody accounts will carry mandatory labels, almost like—get this—there might be some merit in a "verification" system for users famous enough that people might try to imitate them o…

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X will now label parody accounts

The social platform X says it will now label parody or satire profiles to distinguish these accounts and boost transparency on the platform. The new labels will be attached to both parody profiles and their posts, X’s Safety Team wrote in a statement late Thursday night. “We’re rolling out profile labels for parody accounts to…

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X's new parody labels won't fix its impersonation problem

X is trying to clamp down on impersonation on the platform with a new label for parody accounts. But the label isn't mandatory yet, which could make it largely toothless.