Musk's Twitter purges 'blue checks' from Pope Francis, USCCB
Musk has said that the original way verification was given out was “corrupt and nonsensical” and hinted that non-Twitter Blue marks would soon be removed.
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Musk has said that the original way verification was given out was “corrupt and nonsensical” and hinted that non-Twitter Blue marks would soon be removed.
In a bizarre turn of events, Twitter has reinstated blue checkmarks for numerous celebrities without their consent, raising ethical and legal questions over the verification process.
Six months after Elon Musk took over the company, its once-coveted verification badge is now an object of ridicule. Here’s how it happened
Twitter Blue Tick Fiasco: Twitter faces a number of lawsuits in the US as well as Europe for forcibly giving some accounts the Twitter Blue Tick and having the terms and conditions claim that Blue Tick owners have subscribed to Twitter Blue and had their numbers verified
Elon Musk's Twitter Blue hopes dashed: A Berlin-based researcher looked into Twitter's data and found out that only five per cent of legacy-verified users subscribed to the new verification programme. As a result, Elon Musk has to rely on some unusual tricks.