Article 65HM9 Twitter bans comedian Kathy Griffin for impersonating Elon Musk

Twitter bans comedian Kathy Griffin for impersonating Elon Musk

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Dan Milmo and Alex Hern
from World news | The Guardian on (#65HM9)

Users adopt Musk's name after he announces suspension of accounts pretending to be someone else

Elon Musk has banned a US comedian's Twitter account after taking on users who impersonate him on the platform.

Twitter's new owner announced an immediate ban on accounts pretending to be someone else without flagging them as parodies. The move resulted in the removal of an Elon Musk" account held by the comedian Kathy Griffin, who had changed her account name to match that of the Tesla chief executive.

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