Elon Musk told to dump Satoshi ‘X’ account: crypto community
Members of the crypto community have rallied behind a post on X calling for Elon Musk to remove the profile on the platform that has been claiming to be the fabled creator of Bitcoin (BTC) Satoshi Nakamoto.
On Oct. 3 the X profile Pledditor posted saying both the account claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto and the account with the handle “Bitcoin” should be removed as they are breaching the platform’s terms of service for using "misleading and deceptive" identities.
Hey @ElonMusk, the @Bitcoin and @Satoshi accounts are in breach of your terms of service for using "misleading and deceptive" identities.
Please remove the checkmarks. pic.twitter.com/BCwFMSOfQJ
Pledditor continued to highlight the areas of the terms and conditions in which they believed the accounts to be violating.
The terms and conditions of the X platform have a specific policy for misleading or deceptive identities, in which it says, “[users] may not misappropriate the identity of individuals, groups, or organizations or use a fake identity to deceive others.”
It defined this as impersonation of someone who already exists, and also deceptive identities which it defines as misleading the public with an identity that isn’t real.
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Aside from the ongoing controversy over the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, which has been a subject of discussion in the Bitcoin and crypto community for years, the account has been claimed to be run by an X user named Andy Rowe back in 2018.
On July 2, 2018 Rowe posted saying he curates “quotes” for the Satoshi account.
I curate quotes from Satoshi Nakamoto at @satoshi. AMA!
The account has been quiet since Oct. 31, 2018. However, on Oct. 2 of this year,
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