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End of an era: Beyoncé, Pope Francis and others lose verified status on Twitter

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Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including pop icon Beyoncé and Pope Francis losing their verified statuses.

Some personalities such as basketball star LeBron James and author Stephen King still had their checkmarks.

Musk tweeted separately:"I'm paying for a few personally." and later tweeted"Just Shatner, LeBron and King," referring to Star Trek actor William Shatner, who had last month complained about being forced to pay to keep his blue checkmark. Under Musk's ownership, Twitter has changed how it hands out the coveted blue checkmarks that were earlier given to noted individuals, journalists, executives, politicians and establishments after verifying their identities. They served as a mark of authenticity.

The company later offered check-marks in other colors - gold for businesses and a gray for government and multilateral organizations and officials.

 

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