Blue checkmarks from Twitter accounts that were verified under the previous administration are now being removed by Elon Musk. Now, a blue checkmark emblem on Twitter mostly denotes an account that is owned by someone who is paying Musk, one of the wealthiest people in the world, for the benefit. The decision to scrap Twitter’s previous verification mechanism, which had been in place since 2009, may cause more user confusion and damage the platform’s reputation. Before further security measures were put in place, the Musk-owned company’s relaunch of Twitter Blue, which costs $8 per month, produced a number of imposters who appeared to be Musk’s Tesla parodies and had blue checkmarks.
As Musk had stated, Twitter began un-checking thousands of “legacy” verified accounts on April 20 — accounts that the firm had previously assessed to be “active, notable, and authentic” — unless those individuals were Twitter Blue subscribers.
Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, Selena Gomez, Bill Gates, Justin Timberlake, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Oprah Winfrey, Blackpink, and Beyoncé are among the most popular celebrities on Twitter who have lost their legacy verification status. Donald Trump, who Musk restored to Twitter last autumn after it had banned him following the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, also lost his verified status on Thursday. Trump hasn’t tweeted again since then.
Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Ellen DeGeneres, Miley Cyrus, LeBron James, and Tim Cook were among the popular accounts that still had verified checkmarks as of the time of publication. The text on those accounts had been updated as of Thursday afternoon to read, “This account is verified because they are subscribed to Twitter Blue and verified their phone number.” (Previously, they stated “This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account,” a description the company unveiled earlier this month.)
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