United Kingdom, April 8 -- X will force parody accounts to use certain words in their account names.

The social media platform has taken action after accounts impersonating various people - including the site's owner Elon Musk - have left users confused.

In a post, X's Safety team said: "We're rolling out updates to improve transparency for Parody, Commentary, and Fan (PCF) accounts on our platform.

"Starting April 10, all PCF accounts will be required to include PCF-compliant keywords at the beginning of their account names and avoid using identical avatars to the entities they depict."

Key words will include the likes of 'fake' and 'parody'.

X noted that accounts with the 'Parody' label will still have to fall in line with the stri...