Twitter accounts engaging in impersonation without specifying they are a parody account will be permanently banned from the social media giant, Elon Musk has said.

Under previous guidelines, Twitter issued a warning before suspending accounts, but the new Twitter boss says no warnings will be issued ahead of being banned.

It follows a number of accounts on the social media platform changing their names to 'Elon Musk' and mocked the billionaire following his takeover.

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