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The company took to its Twitter account to make the announcement. It also shared links for individuals and organisations to sign up for the paid program.
Twitter has announced that on April 1, 2023, it will finally be removing "legacy verified checkmarks," and if users want to retain the "blue tick," they will have to subscribe to Twitter Blue. One of the first major decisions that Elon Musk took after taking the helm of Twitter was the introduction of Twitter Blue, a paid service that offers the coveted 'blue tick' and the ability to edit and post longer tweets. He also expressed that most of the legacy verified checkmarks were obtained through corrupt means and announced that they would be removed eventually.
According to Elon Musk, the reason why these check marks will be taken down is ‘the way in which they were given out was corrupt and nonsensical.’
Best Media Info: In lieu of the recently launched ‘Twitter Blue’, now globally, Twitter will be winding up its ‘legacy verified program’ and ‘legacy verified checkmarks’ starting April 1| Digital News
Twitter will start removing the blue ticks from its legacy verified accounts from April 1 as it hopes to expand its subscription-based Twitter Blue program.