Elon Musk spit Some doubt his declaration that comics are now ‘legal’ Twitter After several accounts were suspended – including those belonging to real comedians Sarah Silverman And Kathy Griffin – on mocking him over the weekend.
Taking advantage of these last fleeting days before the blue checkmark cost $8 a month, Griffin and Silverman changed their profile pictures and display names to match Musk and had a little fun. For example, Silverman vividly tested the courage of Musk’s convictions, tweeting: “I’m a free speech supporter and I eat breakfast every day.”
In the meantime, Griffin used a little for some pre-midterm crowd. writing“After a lively discussion with the women in my life, I decided that voting blue for their choice was just right. (They are sexy females, too, btw). #VoteBlueToProtectWomen.”
Others who have cheated on Musk – and faced the consequences – include writers and former professional footballers. Chris Chloe and the journalist Christopher Hawkes to me mad men Actor Rich Somer. Sumer gets into a particularly vicious feud over Musk Efforts to keep advertisers fail With his outrageously strong convictions about freedom of expression, jokingly said“Does anyone know of any advertiser, like, some kind of ‘not actual racism’!! Just to advertise to people who are curious to know what it (racism) is all about.”
Now to be somewhat fair with Musk, using a verified account to impersonate another verified account was a prohibited offense before he took charge. (Comedian Jabuki Young White Ho undisputed master From this, once pretending to be the FBI in Martin Luther King’s day and Twitter“Just because we killed MLK doesn’t mean we can’t miss him.”) But Musk’s apparent despotism for free speech, combined with his apparent love of comedy – this is the man who He reportedly tried desperately To make Nathan Fielder laugh at his jokes – it adds a really tasty dimension to it.
In addition to stopping the aforementioned accounts for their “crimes”, they were caught Outline some points of the new policy To address the supposed problem on Sunday. “From now on, any Twitter engagement with impersonation without ‘spoof’ identification will be permanently suspended,” Musk said. warning . “. This will be clearly stated as a condition of subscribing to Twitter Blue. Any name change whatsoever will result in a temporary loss of the verified checkmark.”
It is unclear whether these rules have already begun, or whether they will be adhered to. YouTube and podcast host Ethan Klein got himself banned after changing his profile to match Musk’s despite putting a “parody account” on his resume and header. Musk seems to be still learning to take a joke, especially one like Klein: “Ghislaine Maxwell is a very respectable woman I had the pleasure of meeting many years ago,” Klein tweeted. “It’s such a shame that she was demonized and trampled on by the press. #FreeGhislaine.”
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