Twitter has finally taken legacy blue checkmarks off the social media platform - almost three weeks after it announced they were being removed. The blue verification marks appeared to have been removed from accounts by around 7.30pm UK time on Thursday (April 20).
It had originally said users would be stripped of blue ticks on April 1 unless they signed up to its paid Twitter Blue subscription. Billionaire owner Elon Musk said last month that users would need to pay the monthly fee of 8 US dollars (£6.40) for the service.
As a result, thousands of the platform’s high-profile users were braced to lose the ticks, which were used to help verify their identity and distinguish them from impostors. The business had confused many by making older verified users indistinguishable from those who have paid for the checkmark.
