Twitter has suspended comedian Kathy Griffin for impersonating the company's new owner, Elon Musk.
Twitter has suspended comedian Kathy Griffin for impersonating the company’s new owner, Elon Musk. Griffin appeared to be the first celebrity to lose her tweeting privileges after a wave of prominent users impersonated Musk over the weekend, with the goal of underscoring potential flaws in the social media company’s plans for a revised verification system. Musk has made an $8 Twitter subscription plan his signature bid to bolster the company’s revenue.
Good luck out there!” She then answered a follower who asked how the checkmark no longer applies, writing, “[y]ou can buy a blue check mark for $7.99 a month without verifying who you are.” After changing her profile name to Musk, Bertinelli tweeted and retweeted support for several Democratic candidates and hashtags, including “VoteBlueForDemocracy” and “#VoteBlueIn2022.
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