Twitter has a brand new proprietor, and though Elon Musk has promised free speech, there have already been quite a few account suspensions.

Comic Kathy Griffin is amongst these whose account was suspended for impersonating the brand new proprietor of the favored social media platform.

Suspension

Kathy Griffin was the primary superstar to lose her tweeting rights after a wave of customers impersonated Musk final weekend.

The depiction factors out the issues in Twitter’s plans for a brand new verification system.

Subscription plans

Elon Musk used the $8 subscription as a signature to extend the corporate’s income and keep away from counting on promoting.

The brand new plan launched over the weekend earlier than the corporate determined to postpone the service till after the midterm elections.

The brand new Twitter Blue subscription offers paying customers a blue checkmark on their profile.

The choice was beforehand solely obtainable to celebrities, politicians, journalists and different public figures.

Elon Musk gives the brand new performance as an answer to fight spam bots on the platform.

Nevertheless, the plan didn’t sit properly with individuals.

Celebrities and comedians

Over the weekend, a number of celebrities on Twitter impersonated Musk as an act of defiance.

Comic Sarah Silverman copied Musk’s profile image, cowl picture, and identify earlier than tweeting:

“I’m a freedom of speech absolutist and I eat doody for breakfast daily.”

Silverman additionally retweeted messages in help of Democratic candidates.

On Sunday, her account had a label saying it was “quickly restricted” with an uncommon exercise warning on his account.

So the comic restored her account along with her unique identify and picture.

TV’s Valerie Bertinelli additionally modified her Twitter identify to Elon Musk, tweeting:

“[t]he blue checkmark merely meant your establish was verified. Scammers would have a more durable time importsonating you. That now not utilized. Good luck on the market!”

Bertinelli later reverted again to her unique account identify and photos, saying, “[o]key-dokey I’ve had my enjoyable and I believe I made my level.”

Elon Musk

Talking of impersonations on Sunday, Twitter’s new proprietor wrote:

“Going ahead, any Twitter handles participating in impersonation with out clearly specifying ‘parody’ can be completely suspended.”

Elon Musk additionally clarified that Twitter customers is not going to obtain notification of their suspension.

“This can be clearly recognized as a situation for signing as much as Twitter Blue,” he defined.

As of Monday morning, Kathy Griffin’s account is suspended, and it’s unclear how lengthy it’ll stay in impact.

The evening earlier than, Musk mocked Griffin, saying she obtained her suspension for impersonating a comic.

He stated she will get her account again on-line after paying $8 for Twitter Blue.

Nevertheless, it’s unclear if Musk was critical about his feedback.