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Kate Lally

Martin Lewis buys blue Twitter tick after saying you shouldn't be able to

Martin Lewis has admitted he has paid Twitter for a blue tick after slamming the process that allows people to be able to do so.

The Money Saving Expert founder has repeatedly said how dangerous the decision to put the ticks essentially up for sale, as this could be used by scammers who pretend to be genuine brands and organisations.

On Tuesday, Mr Lewis tweeted: "OK, so Twitter is to remove the verified tick from those they’ve actually verified the identity of, and instead a verified tick will simply in future mean 'paid account'.

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