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Twitter to Subject Impersonators to Permanent Ban: Elon Musk

Twitter to Subject Impersonators to Permanent Ban: Elon Musk
Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, speaks during the Satellite 2020 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington on March 9, 2020. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Hannah Ng
Reporter
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Elon Musk has announced a permanent ban on impersonators. He introduced the new regulation on Sunday.

“Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended,” he posted on Twitter.
Hannah Ng
Hannah Ng
Reporter
Hannah Ng is a reporter covering U.S. and China news. She holds a master's degree in international and development economics from the University of Applied Science Berlin.
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