A brand new parody Twitter account that paid for a checkmark badge and chose the display name of Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid said he was being traded to the New York Islanders. The credible-looking tweet received thousands of engagements.
Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid tweeted that he was being traded to the New York Islanders.In November 2022, the user behind a brand new Twitter account with the handle @cmcdavid97___ appeared to impersonate Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid and tweeted that he was being traded to the New York Islanders.
The owner of the account looked to have paid for the new Twitter service that provided a checkmark badge, which appeared the same as verification badges had in the past. The symbol made the purported news appear more credible. The bio for @cmcdavid97___ identified the account as publishing"parody." Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, previously said that he would"permanently suspend any account on the social media platform that impersonates another," according toThe satirical account was soon suspended, but not before the tweet received thousands of engagements. It's unclear how long the tweet was visible, but it appeared to be available at least one hour.,"Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months.
For further reading, we previously reported about how two other"parody" accounts also paid for a checkmark badge and had all the appearances of impersonating
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