The blue verification badge loses its meaning in the Musk era. Enter Elon Musk, the self-declared free speech absolutist. Musk’s primary focus since acquiring Twitter has been opening the blue ...

Twitter updated the verification description for users on Sunday, making it impossible to distinguish between those who had paid for blue checkmarks and those whose accounts had legacy badges.

Twitter to Revoke ‘Legacy’ Verified Badges in April, Leaving Only Paying Subscribers With Blue Check-Marks Musk-owned social network also will start charging businesses and organizations ...

Twitter has again changed how it describes blue tick badges, effectively stripping its whole verification system of the last shred of meaning it still had.. Late last month, Twitter announced it ...

In a probable spite move by Elon Musk, the New York Times - after making clear they would not pay for Twitter Blue - lost its golden "verified" badge.

Verified accounts pretending to be Lebron James, Donald Trump and Nintendo popped up after the launch of Twitter Blue on Wednesday adding to the platform’s headaches.

Twitter’s Verification Purge Set to Begin. The Elon Musk–run company aims to remove legacy verified badges from users and is pushing its subscription Twitter Blue product.

Twitter said Wednesday it was offering an annual plan for its subscription service called Twitter Blue, which includes its sought-after "verified" badge, at a discount to its monthly price.

Twitter already has some unique profile markers like the verified badge for notable accounts like journalists and celebrities, a label for helpful bots on the platform, and a marker for government ...

In case they choose not to pay for Twitter Blue, they’ll start to lose their verification badge. It has also been reported that Twitter would be planning to increase the Twitter Blue fee to $19. ...

Twitter strikes the New York Times’ verified badge on Elon Musk’s orders. The Times and other news organizations say they won’t pay for the icon, which is designed to protect against ...

Twitter Inc. today announced that it will revoke “legacy” verified badges in April as it made its Twitter Blue paid verification service available globally.