{"id":19680,"date":"2024-11-29T16:25:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T16:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19680"},"modified":"2024-11-29T16:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T16:25:59","slug":"x-could-introduce-labels-for-parody-accounts-but-enforcement-might-be-tricky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19680","title":{"rendered":"X could introduce labels for parody accounts, but enforcement might be tricky"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">X is filled with accounts that mimic real-life public figures, ranging from politicians to sports professionals and artists. While some accounts mention \u201cParody\u201d in their display names, others mention it in their bios, leading some people to mistake them for real accounts \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/in.mashable.com\/culture\/84834\/indian-anchor-reads-fake-tweet-from-modis-parody-account-over-donald-trump-win-internet-reacts-with\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">including news anchors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nima_owji\/status\/1862342030023594053\">a few app<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/swak_12\/status\/1862344767008280718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reverse engineers<\/a>, the platform is developing a new label for parody or fan commentary accounts so they can more clearly identify themselves as parody accounts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the company rolls out the label, and parody accounts adopt them, users will see a \u201cParody account\u201d label below the username on the profile page, and on their posts as well. This means there is less chance of someone mixing up a post from a parody account with the real person\u2019s account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most difficult challenge for the platform might be forcing parody accounts to apply the label to their profiles. Currently, X has a clause for parody accounts in its Authenticity policy, asking them to be compliant with the platform\u2019s rules of not trying to impersonate other profiles with an intent to spread misinformation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe allow compliant Parody, Commentary, and Fan (PCF) accounts on X only if the purpose is to discuss, satirize or share information,\u201d the policy reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the new label is rolled out, X will also need to have a policy around how satirical accounts might need to adopt the label. If a large chunk of parody accounts don\u2019t adopt this label, users will get confused.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, X already has a label for <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/02\/16\/twitter-officially-launches-labels-to-identify-the-good-bots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">automated bot accounts<\/a> that use the social network\u2019s API to post updates automatically. However, not all bot accounts respect these rules and apply a label. There have been plenty of reports about bad actors using different automation techniques to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/internet\/republican-bot-campaign-trump-x-twitter-elon-musk-fake-accounts-rcna173692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">control election-related<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/restofworld.org\/2024\/ghana-election-ai-bots-x-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">narratives using bot accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/11\/29\/x-could-introduce-labels-for-parody-accounts-but-enforcement-might-be-tricky\/\">techcrunch.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>X is filled with accounts that mimic real-life public figures, ranging from politicians to sports professionals and artists. While some accounts mention \u201cParody\u201d in their display names, others mention it in their bios, leading some people to mistake them for real accounts \u2014 including news anchors. According to a few app reverse engineers, the platform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}