'Impersonation isn't parody, it's misrepresentation': Internet slams trolls calling out Elon Musk

'Impersonation isn't parody, it's misrepresentation': Internet slams trolls calling out Elon Musk
Elon Musk bought Twitter on October 27 (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: After Kathy Griffin's Twitter account suspension on November 6, people questioned the vows made by Elon Musk who declared Twitter will be a place of “free speech" and "comedy is now legal on Twitter.” However, the Internet is now on Musk's side and is slamming trolls who roasted the CEO.

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The whole drama started when Twitter rolled out the controversial new paid subscription system of $8 for people with blue checkmark accounts on November 6, 2022. Previously, Twitter's verification was only available to influential individuals and organizations to prove their identity but now the subscription service will give the liberty to anyone to get a blue tick, only if they pay. The move was announced by Musk on November 1, who wrote, "Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bull***t. Blue for $8/month." In counterattack, some verified users, to protest the subscription fee, changed their names and profile pictures on the platform to Musk's photo.