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It has been 24 hours since Twitter purged all non-paid blue verification checkmarks, and not even Fox News is choosing to pay to get it back. This comes just a few days after Twitter owner Elon Musk gave Fox an exclusive and absolutely bananas interview. Elon Musk's first instinct if…

In a surprising move by Elon Musk, all celebrities, including those with established followings, have had their verified check marks removed, and now the only way to get verified is to pay for it. This has sparked a larger conversation about the role of influencers in society and whether the…

I used to pay for Twitter Blue. Back before Elon Musk took over, I coughed up $3 a month to Twitter for the luxury of some nice-to-have features. Blue let me customize the look and feel of the app, allowed me to edit tweets, and most importantly let me delay…

How hard do you think Elon Musk laughed at this? We saw a lot of people complaining about losing their precious blue checks (and having to pay for them, THE NERVE), but this from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claiming that natural disasters are going to be even worse? REALLY? HOO boy. Jokes…

Twitter CEO Elon Musk is now forcing advertisers that don’t meet a certain spend threshold to pay for verification to run ads on the platform, sending marketers into chaos without time to prepare. On Friday April 21, Twitter sent an email to advertisers stating that from today, advertisers accounts “must…

Elon Musk has confirmed he is "personally" paying for a few celebrities to have a Twitter Blue subscription following the recent removal of legacy verified checkmarks on the social media platform. Twitter officially removed all legacy verified checkmarks on April 20, meaning anyone who received a blue checkmark for being…

On Thursday, Twitter began removing the checkmarks of verified accounts unless they paid for a Twitter Blue subscription, but NBA star LeBron James kept his blue check despite previously saying he would never pay for it. James keeping his verified badge surprised many, as the Los Angeles Lakers star publicly…

After purchasing Twitter in 2022, Chief Executive Elon Musk declared he would be charging Sh1,082 ($8) monthly for the verification badge, commonly referred to as the blue tick. The social media company had set April 20, 2023, as the cut-off date for the removal of the legacy blue checks. True…

The spectacular explosion of SpaceX's new Starship rocket minutes after it soared off its launch pad on a first flight test is the latest illustration of a “successful failure” business formula that serves Elon Musk's company well, experts said. Rather than seeing the fiery disintegration of Musk's colossal next-generation Starship…

Last Updated: 21st April, 2023 20:56 IST Shahid Kapoor shared a funny response on losing the Twitter blue tick verification. The actor referred to his Kabir Singh character and 'threatened' Elon Musk. Image: @shahidkapoor/Instagram Elon Musk had earlier stated that Twitter users will lose the blue tick or the verfication…