It’s unclear if the suspension was permanent or a direct result of her jeers. Meanwhile, Musk announced that accounts impersonating celebrities and other figures would be banned unless they were flagged as “parody.”
Twitter’s policy has always been to ban impersonation, but taking immediate action is new. Musk appears to be the primary beneficiary of his policies, which seems to contradict his claim to be a “free speech absolutist.” There are very few examples of suspensions for impersonating someone else without a “parody” label. This includes a user page impersonating right-wing provocateur Andy Ngo, who personally called on Musk to take action, and a user page impersonating actor Keanu Reeves criticizing Musk’s “copycat” policy.
New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.
Negative/hate tweets will be max deboosted & demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter.
You won’t find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from rest of Internet.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
In recent days, a wave of Twitter users has changed the title of their pages to his and issued statements aimed at criticizing his liberal views and his tenure on the platform he controlled after orchestrating a $44 billion takeover.
Griffin used her “Elon Musk” account on Sunday to urge Americans to vote Democrat in Tuesday’s midterm elections to uphold abortion rights. “I have decided that blue is the right choice for her,” she wrote as Musk. A spokesman for Griffin and a Twitter PR representative did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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