Actress Valerie Bertinelli impersonated Elon Musk on Twitter this weekend, posting and retweeting in support of Democratic candidates under the guise to make a point about his newly proposed verification system. controversial paid verification systemCritics have voiced concern that the plan could foster the spread of misinformation by paving the way for impersonators acting as notable politicians, journalists, and celebrities.
"The blue checkmark simply meant your identity was verified," Bertinelli wrote on Twitter after changing her name."Scammers would have a harder time impersonating you. That no longer applies. Good luck out there!" Over the next several hours, the actress posted and retweeted dozens of tweets in support of Democratic candidates ahead of midterm elections Tuesday.
As"Elon Musk," she posted hashtags like #VoteBlueToProtectYourRights and shared tweets supporting gubernatorial contenders Gretchen Whitmore in Michigan and Beto O'Rourke in Texas, among others. As other users pointed out, many of the tweets on their feed appeared as if Musk himself actually retweeted them.
And got a permanent ban
She needs to lay off the Twinkies.
Wolfiesmom well done. Large and in charge. Love big boned beautiful women throwing their weight around. So empowering!
She's lucky she stopped before getting permanently banned.
Big difference between parody and fraud, and especially to incite people to do dumb [censored] like voting blue.
Which then immediately showed Elon a weak point in the process for which he found a quick solution.
And BTW...since the new system is not in place yet, all she did was demonstrate just how bad the current (old) system is. And her argument seems to be that that should be reserved for millionaires. How dare the unwashed masses be able to do what we can do! Her elitism is palpable
I've never seen so many millionaires so upset about spending 8 freakin' bucks. All the new system has to do is verify one account for one verified handle. If that account changes their handle to something not verified, check disappears. Not freakin' rocket science. Idjuts. SMH
TechInsider Amazing how people have to change their name to get attention now.
TechInsider Glad she did it .. problem identified Solution established lol keep hating
This is the system as it was *before* elonmusk took over. I doubt that any changes he makes will make it worse.
Ban her
TechInsider I wish actresses and actors would stay out of politics. Who cares what they think
An irrelevant has been trying to live off of the glory days by a bunch of people who think if they agree with anything she says, it makes her their best friend. Amazing to me, when the tables were turned on her she got her panties in a bunch.
TechInsider Wolfiesmom is great, I like so much about her but Elon is a bit smarter and just took over. He has a plan and it will work. ElonMusk
Keep eating that fattening food.
Used to like you but you have proven to be as wicked as other hollyweird people, say goodbye to your career because We THE PEOPLE CONTROL THAT!!!!!!
Thought identity theft was a crime...oops and she admitted it.
Not that surprising, her son has been trying to impersonate his dad for years. elonmusk Wolfiesmom
Why would anyone want to troll the head Twit?!? 😆😝😁
she actually proved his point in doing so.... Woosh
elonmusk 🤔
Oh no they're not mad about $8 They're mad because some of them paid over $10k for that blue check just so they can act superior
Elon name ads boycotting Twitter. I'll boycott them and support their competitors
Suppose RealJamesWoods changed his name to HillaryClinton & proceeded to endorse red/right-wing/republican/MAGA candidates. I'd be pissed-so would Bertinelli & everyone praising her too. Rightfully so. This is unethical & immature. It could also be considered election meddling
She cooks now😏!
You're fat
was always the case
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