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More issue hitting twitter since musk assumed control. >> reporter: chaos continues. elon musk has owned twitter for two weeks and the future has never seemed so in doubt. twitter has seen an exodus of top level executives, alienated powerful advertiser, blown up key aspects of its product and then launched and unlaunched other features designed to compensate for those choices completely. also in those early days, twitter has battled a wave of fake verified accounts posing as donald trump, rudy ...

From lebron james demanding a trade, to pepsi saying koch is better, and nestle jokingly revealing its trade secrets. apparently even jesus christ himself to get that blue check mark. i guess elon musk has a pretty high reach. but there are some serious implications here. disinformation is spreading, and notorious figures with neo-nazi tights, they got their blue checks back. as of friday, the subscription service has been put on pause. speaking with 36 current employees. -- must barreled in wit...

The governor will not be stepping into rescue anyone. the whole point of crypto is to some of the government, deregulate, dont be part of any of it. and so, now, you are out there holding the bag on your own. quickly, give us an update on twitter. things arent getting better over there, are they? >> no, things are not getting better. you know, remember, they were just starting to charge $8 a month for you to actually be verified, without actually checking whether youll be verified. today, weve b...

In response to a Tweet about the 'Official' badge, Musk said, 'I just killed it.' He further went on to put more emphasis on the blue tick, saying that 'Blue check will be the greater leveler.'

Including to adidas, chevron. musk is being criticized after keeping the blue check marks for those who will pay $8. >> the company started requiring users to buy that blue check mark which should prove that their account is legit. theyre a real person. hours later twitter appeared to be flooded with imposters who created blue chip accounts posing as celebrities -- >> impersonators were president trump, lebron james and nintendo of america. some said creating fake accounts was easy even though e...

A satirical Twitter account impersonating Gov. Greg Gianforte was verified Wednesday as an official account on the social media platform.

Subscription revenue is the $8 a month charge for a blue check mark showing an account is verified. musk also reportedly told his staffers that his top priority is suspending verify bots, trolls or spam users. with that, we bring in howie kurtz who still has his blue check mark for now. howie, great to see you. one of the things that catches my attention based on the last discussion we just had, once again, elon musk is saying were headed for a significant economic downturn. when he looks at the...

Twitter appears to be battling a wave of celebrity and corporate impersonators on its platform who have quickly gamed the company's new paid verification system

What do former president trump and basketball star lebron james have in common? well, just hours after twitter launched its new paid verification system, fake accounts using their names and likeness popped up, and we just learned the companys cybersecurity chief called it quits. lets get to cnns donie osullivan. that didnt take long. how long does it take to create a fake twitter account and make it look real under this new system? >> things are getting really confusing and messy on twitter righ...

Should call this race. this is why they are saying the votes are not there. they are looking into it. heres the spread 38 38,000 statewide appear they are saying the biggest stuff left is here in milwaukee county in wauwatosa. five votes and 11,600 votes total left there. they say barnes, a suburb, a different kind of district, the five wards, he will not get 100% of 11,600 and they are saying the votes are just not left. >> so who gets 80%? >> the reason it keeps going down and narrowing, it co...