The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Gregory BullTwitter removed the blue marks last week from accounts that don't pay a monthly fee. But the check marks mysteriously returned for many highly followed accounts over the weekend, leading some prominent users to disavow what's become a divisive symbol of Twitter owner Elon Musk's erratic changes to the platform.
"On my soul i didn't pay for twitter blue, u will feel my wrath tesla man!" wrote the rapper who has 8 million followers. Added Gaiman, who has 3 million followers: "What a sad, muddled place this has become." Under the original blue-check system, Twitter had roughly 400,000 verified users, including Hollywood actors and star athletes as well as journalists, human rights activists and public agencies. In the past, the checks meant that Twitter had verified that users were who they said they were, as a method to prevent impersonation and the spread of misinformation.
The fact that some accounts say they are subscribed to Twitter Blue -- even though they have been outspoken about not subscribing -- can create a sense of "false endorsement," said Alejandra Caraballo, an instructor at the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard Law School's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
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