Elon Musk tweets that “any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended” (Richard Lawler/The Verge)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube announces “handles”, letting creators identify their channel using the @username format across channel pages, video descriptions, comments, and Shorts  —  YouTube is making it easier for creators to direct viewers to their channels.  The company today announced “handles …

Samantha Cole / VICE:
Meta permanently bans Pornhub’s Instagram account for “repeatedly violating” its policies, after a three-week suspension and ToS breaches accruing over 10 years  —  Pornhub claims its account was “fully PG,” and cites the uneven treatment of mainstream celebrities like Kim Kardashian …

New York Times:
An internal Twitter log shows that more than 140,000 accounts had signed up for the new Twitter Blue as of Thursday, November 10  —  The social media service, which is undergoing changes from its new owner Elon Musk, has descended into a messy swirl of spoof messages and parody accounts.

Richard Lawler / The Verge:
CNN closes its “Vault by CNN” NFT project, launched in 2021 to “own a piece of history”, and plans to compensate purchasers with FLOW tokens or stablecoins  —  You may have already forgotten about it, but Vault by CNN launched in the summer of 2021 as a marketplace for its own NFTs …

Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Twitter says it’s expanding recommended tweets to all users, including those who may not have seen them in the past  —  Twitter is now pushing more tweets from accounts users don’t already follow into their timelines.  The company revealed that it’s now surfacing recommendations to all its users …

Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Fast Company takes its website offline after a hacker used its Apple News account to send two obscene push notifications; Apple News disabled Fast’s channel  —  It’s been a little while since we had a high-profile media feed hijacking, but tonight someone sent an Apple News notification …