{"meta":{"title":"GitHub Impersonation","intro":"","product":"Site policy","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/site-policy","title":"Site policy"},{"href":"/en/site-policy/acceptable-use-policies","title":"Acceptable Use Policies"},{"href":"/en/site-policy/acceptable-use-policies/github-impersonation","title":"Impersonation"}],"documentType":"article"},"body":"# GitHub Impersonation\n\nYou may not misrepresent your identity or your association with another person or organization. This includes doing any of the following in a way that misleads or deceives others:\n\n* Copying another user's avatar or other personal profile information\n* Posting content under another user's email address\n* Using a deceptively similar username, organization name, or other namespace\n* Accessing an account or organization with another user's token or credentials\n* Otherwise posing as another individual or organization\n\nImpersonation is a form of harassment and violation of this policy may lead to loss of access to your account.\n\nPlease note, having a username similar to another is not necessarily impersonation. GitHub will take context into account. For example, as in cases involving claims of [misinformation or disinformation](/en/site-policy/acceptable-use-policies/github-misinformation-and-disinformation), we generally allow parody and satire that is in line with our [Acceptable Use Policies](/en/site-policy/acceptable-use-policies/github-acceptable-use-policies)."}