Fake accounts force Elon Musk to suspend $8 Twitter subscription program

Twitter : Twitter suspended its $8 subscription program as large numbers of users impersonating as major brands cropped up on the micro blogging site. A source requesting anonymity said the existing subscribers will still have access to their account

However, existing subscribers will continue to have access to their account.

Twitter has also reinstated "official" badges for high-profile accounts. Profiles of businesses and major media outlets got their gray badge back based on an internal approved list, said the source. The identification marker was rolled out earlier this week before being scrapped.

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Fake accounts

Impostor accounts cropped up on Twitter after the company allowed paying subscribers to get verified blue check marks. One account that claimed to be Nintendo Inc. posted an image of Super Mario holding up a middle finger. Another account impersonated as pharma giant Eli Lilly & Co. And tweeted that insulin was now free. The company had to issue an apology. A purported Tesla Inc. account joked about the carmaker's safety record.

"To combat impersonation, we've added an 'Official' label to some accounts," Twitter Support tweeted on Friday.

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Parody name

Elon Musk tweeted the same day that all accounts engaged in parody must include "parody" in their name. "Going forward, accounts engaged in parody must include "parody" in their name, not just in bio," he had tweeted.

At present there are two types of verified Twitter accounts - one which was verified before Musk  took over. These accounts note that “This account is verified because it's notable in government, news, entertainment, or another designated category." The other verified account is of the users who paid $8 and subscribed to the Twitter Blue service.

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