The sought-after blue tick was previously only available to high ... celebrities, journalists and brands could be impersonated by any user willing to pay a monthly fee. Mr Musk, the world's ...
as people started impersonating big brands and celebrities and paying for the blue tick badge in order to make them look authentic. Many pretended to be Mr Musk himself. This forced Twitter to ...
Earlier, you could get a blue tick mark for free. Musk’s subscription service was paused as fake accounts started purchasing verification and using it to impersonate public figures and brands.