The Latest Breaking News from Stephen King

Ricky Gervais, David Mitchell, Jason Alexander and Andy Murray have also voiced their confusion

San Francisco (AFP) - Twitter's blue ticks were reinstated on some media, celebrity, and other high profile accounts Saturday -- a move protested by many of the recipients.

Elon Musk is reportedly paying for Stephen King's blue check mark after he complained about it.

This week Twitter fulfilled Musk's vow to purge legacy check marks—making users paying for the mark easier to identify and block.

‘I’m not sure if I’m really me or not’

Elon Musk’s attempt to make the social media site profitable seemed to flop as the verification check lost all meaning

The author appears not to be impressed.

Twitter Inc.’s widespread removal of legacy blue checkmarks was sowing confusion across the social-media platform on Friday, with celebrities saying they were verified without paying, government-affiliated labels on some media accounts disappearing and businesses being told they needed to pay for checkmarks to advertise.

Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including Pope Francis, Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates and Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo losing their verified status. Under Elon Musk's ownership, Twitter has changed how it hands out the coveted blue checkmarks, previously given to…

Terence Earle trafficked heroin and cocaine between Merseyside and Scotland

Writer/director Lee Cronin included a special reference to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining in Evil Dead Rise, and Stephen King definitely approves.