Social network X, owned by Elon Musk, announced today that it is rolling out labels to distinguish parody and satirical accounts from other accounts. In the past, users, including news presenters, have misinterpreted posts from parody accounts as genuine statements made by real people or organizations.
The label will appear on both accounts and posts, according to the company's secure account on the platform.
“We are rolling out profile labels for parody accounts to clearly distinguish these types of accounts and their content on our platform. “We designed this account so that it would not appear that the account belongs to the entity being parodied,” the post said.
What parody labels look like in X Image credit: Screenshot by TechCrunch
In November, several app reverse engineers pointed out that X was working on introducing such a label.
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“The Parody, Fan, Commentary (PCF) label is used to indicate that an account depicts another person, group, or organization in their profile and discusses, satirizes, or shares information about that entity. “This label distinguishes these accounts so as not to cause confusion or falsely imply affiliation to others,” the parody label's description reads. It is written.
The social network added that it will soon share details about when parody accounts will be required to include these labels. This is an important detail because if parody accounts do not comply with these new rules and do not apply labels, there will still be confusion among users to identify genuine sources.
The company's authenticity policy states that account impersonation is not allowed, but the platform allows parody, comment, and fan accounts if they comply with the platform's rules.