Kathy Griffin Gets Silenced As Twitter Suspends Her Account & As Elon Musk Warns People “Engaging In Impersonation”

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Kathy Griffin lost her privilege of “free speech” on Twitter after her account was suspended. This was followed by a tweet from Elon Musk warning people about “engaging in impersonation.” The My Life on the D-List alum was suspended from using Twitter after she partook in a Twitter trend where users started changing their display name to Elon Musk.

Griffin did not change her Twitter handle, which she had kept as “@kathygriffin.”BREAKING: @KathyGriffin has been permanently suspended from Twitter for impersonating @ElonMusk pic.twitter.com/ust86DZHKj Musk took to Twitter to warn other users engaging in behavior like Griffin’s saying, “Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended.” Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be permanently suspended “Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning,” he added.

This will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue. Any name change at all will cause temporary loss of verified checkmark.”Any name change at all will cause temporary loss of verified checkmark Valerie Bertinelli was another high-profile Twitter user that engaged in changing her display name to Elon Musk, but reverted back to using her name on Sunday. “Okey-dokey I’ve had my fun and I think I made my point,” she tweeted. “I’m just not a ‘trending’ kind of gal.