Many notable Indian personalities, from UP CM Yogi Adityanath to superstar Shah Rukh Khan lost their Twitter blue tick on Thursday due to a change in policy.
Basketball star LeBron James and author Stephen King still retained their checkmarks despite publicly announcing that they would not sign up for the service.
The legacy 'blue ticks' were considered coveted as they were only given to notable social media users like celebrities, politicians and journalists who had passed strict verification processes online.