Internet fooled as fake Elon Musk account suspended following Twitter purchase termination Following the news that Elon Musk had terminated his deal to purchase Twitter, an account with a near-identical username to the PayPal founder was suspended sending the internet into hysteria. In April of this year, Elon Musk secured a deal to purchase Twitter. For a mere $44 billion \u2013 and for the sake of \u2018free speech\u2019 \u2013 Musk planned to buy the massive social media platform. However, as time passed since the deal was made public, the rockier it became. Users threatened to leave the platform and Musk threatened to back out of the deal unless Twitter could provide information regarding \u2018spam bots\u2019. Ultimately, Musk terminated the deal giving users the peace of mind they sought. And just as the deal fell through, a Twitter account with the username @eIonmusk was suspended. Fake Elon Musk suspension fools internet Shortly after the fake Elon Musk account was discovered, many Twitter users posted screenshots of the suspension page to either celebrate or mourn the account\u2019s status. A large number of users pointed out that the suspension came shortly after Musk terminated his deal to purchase Twitter. And some news outlets even wrote stories claiming Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter account was suspended. However, when visiting Elon Musk\u2019s actual Twitter account, it\u2019s clear he has not been suspended. Eagle-eyed users quickly noticed that the \u201cl\u201d in the suspended account\u2019s username was actually an upper-case \u201cI\u201d. Due to the font used in tweets and on profile pages, \u201celonmusk\u201d and \u201ceIonmusk\u201d are indiscernible from one another. Twitter suspended @elonmusk after he pulled out of the twitter deal. \ud83d\ude02 LOL pic.twitter.com\/jdZf0Wp0jP \u2014 \u0e3fITCOIN\ud83e\udeacTRAPP\u039eR (@BITCOINTRAPPER) July 9, 2022 This @eIonmusk account is suspended but real @elonmusk account is not. \ud83e\uddd0\u2014 Vijay Shekhar Sharma (@vijayshekhar) July 9, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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