Elon Musk suspends Kathy Griffin’s Twitter account permanently

Washington, The Gulf Observer: Comedian Kathy Griffin becomes the latest Twitter casualty, as her account got suspended after Twitter CEO Elon Musk rolled out that handles engaged in ‘impersonation’ without clearly specifying “parody” will be suspended permanently.

Griffin had changed her profile name to Musk, following which she seems to have been promptly banned from the social media site, as per Fox news reports. Despite her handle showing her own @kathygriffin name, the moniker by her blue checkmark. Elon Musk said this goes against the company policy against impersonation.
Sharing the tweet, Elon Musk wrote, “BREAKING: @kathygriffin has been permanently suspended from Twitter for impersonating.”

He continued, “Actually, she was suspended for impersonating a comedian.”

Elon Musk on Sunday said through a series of tweets that any Twitter handle found engaged in ‘impersonation’ without clearly specifying “parody” will be suspended permanently.

“Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be permanently suspended,” Musk tweeted.

Twitter’s new CEO further said that unlike before, no warning will be given now as widespread verification is being rolled out.

“Previously, we issued a warning before the suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning. This will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue,” he tweeted.

He also said that any name change now will cause a temporary loss of the verified checkmarks.

“Any name change at all will cause temporary loss of verified checkmark,” he further tweeted.

Earlier, Twitter updated its iOS app for Apple iPhone users, including the new $7.99 per month Blue subscription.

Twitter Blue with verification is currently available on iOS in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.