Beyonce, Kim Kardashian, Blackpink & Lady Gaga lose Twitter verified checkmarks
Elon Musk’s crusade to remove Twitter’s blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts is going into overdrive … with a couple notable casualties among the celebrity ranks. Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian and K-pop supergroup BLACKPINK all had their blue checks stripped Thursday from their official Twitter accounts. Elon targeted April 20 as the date for […]
Elon Musk removes New York Times’ blue badge for not paying subscription fee
The New York Times’ main Twitter account appeared to lose its blue verification checkmark on Sunday, one of the only high-profile accounts to have the symbol revoked after Twitter’s billionaire owner Elon Musk threatened to take away verification on Saturday from accounts that don’t pay for the company’s Twitter Blue subscription service. KEY BACKGROUND Since […]