Musk suspends comic Kathy Griffin’s account for impersonation

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The comedian Kathy Griffin is the most recent Twitter casualty after CEO Elon Musk announced that accounts that participate in “impersonation” without explicitly stating “parody” will be permanently suspended.

The actor and comedian Kathy Griffin’s account has been permanently suspended by Twitter for “engaging in impersonation” after she altered her Twitter display name to Elon Musk

She urged people to vote for Democrats in the US midterm elections.

According to reports from Fox News, Kathy had changed her Twitter profile name to Musk after which she appeared to have been immediately removed from the social networking platform.

Kathy Griffin account being suspended caused controversy, and many people accused Musk of repressing free speech.

Elon Musk responded to a post by stating, “Actually, she was suspended for impersonating a comedian.”

Elon said, “Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be permanently suspended.”

Musk recently disclosed that the platform would charge 8$ per month for a subscription service on Twitter

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