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This is clearly not an imitation. Parody if nothing else which is protected by fair use.

>>ColdTa+(OP)
The imitation rule states that it's perfectly fine to run parody accounts as long as you clearly state that it's a parody. There are a ton of accounts named Elon Musk Parody, Biden Parody and similar

Without it every post of a famous person was botted with 100 accounts with identical display name, pfp that tried to promote scams like with YouTube comments

>>qqqult+X1
The user says they were banned within hours of Elon taking over Twitter. New Parody rules did not come into affect until November 2022.

>>qqqult+X1
Here's an account that calls itself Michelle Obama (not even Michelle's Obama) after the parody rule went into effect (unlike Elon's Musk). It doesn't label itself a parody. It's still there. https://x.com/TaxpayerEnrique

>>ColdTa+q3
I replied to your comment about what constitutes imitation and why that rule exists. Neither of us have any idea about the details of that particular ban

>>qqqult+E7
I know why the rule exist. Getting banned for a rule that did not exist at the time is an overreach from a self-proclaimed free speech absolutist.