X is bringing in Stricter Rules Around Parody Accounts.
From 10 April, Accounts WHICH ANOTHER OR PERSON MUST USE Keyword Such as “Fake” at The Start of Their Account Names.
The Platform Will Also Require Parody Account Holders to Use Different Images to Belonging X Accounts to Those Seek To Repors.
Some Users Have Complained Confusion Caused by Parody Accounts on The Platform, Such As Those Impersonating Its Owner Elon Musk.
“These Changes Designed to Help Users Better Understand the Unaffiliated Nature Accounts and Reduce The Risk Of Confusion or Impersonation,” The Company Said in a post on Saturday.
IT Encouraged Affected Accounts to Update Their Profiles by the Enforcement Date.
The Changes Will Also Apply For Fan And Commentary Accounts, It Said.
“Hopefully This Includes All Thousands of Fake Variations Accounts of Elon Musk,” Wrote One User In Response to X’s Post About ITS Policy Update.
“About Time, I Get A Fake Elon Account Contacting Me Almost Once A Week,” Another Wrote.
There are A Number of Parody Accounts for The Platform’s Ows, Identify Themselves As Importonations in Various Ways.
Posts Viewed by the BBC Elon Musk Parody Accounts ranged from Memes and Jokes, to promoting Cryptocurrency and Car Giveaways.
A recent post by One Elon Musk Parody Account, which has more than One Million Followers, Told Users to the Chance to Win A Tesla for the Chance to Win A Tesla.
The post has received 428,000 Likes and More Than 200,000 Replies.
X Rolled Out for Labels Parody Accounts in January – Building ITS RULES Requiring Users engaging in Impersonation The Purpose of Entertainment to Identify Themselves As Such.
These, and The Platform’s Blue Tick Verification System, Have To Tools To Tools to Prevent Miscelading Impersonation While Allowing Speech and Discussion.
But the effectiveness of Such Measures Have Disputed.
The EU Said in July 2024 That The Blue Ticks Breached ITS online Content Rules, with ITS “Verified” Blue Tick Accounts Having The Potential to “Deceive” users.
Musk Called The EU’s Rules “misinformation”, in Response.
Following His Takeover in November 2022, The Tesla Chief Executive Said Accounts engaging in Unlabelled Impersonation Would Be Banned.
Many Parody Accounts on X identify Their Parody Nature at The End of User Names, But This is Not A Fool-Proof Measure.
IF A Name is Particularly Long, And Only A Shortened Version Appears in Feeds or Replies, Users Can Unwittingly Duped – Especially If The Account’s Image Matches That of the Real Person.
