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Fans React After Blue Checkmark Brouhaha Between Stephen King And Elon Musk Goes Viral

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

Cinemablend

Elon Musk weighs in on campaign to block Twitter accounts that still have blue check mark after legacy purge

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

Fortune

Only 28 legacy verified users signed up for Twitter Blue hours after Elon Musk took away their checkmarks

Musk got rid of legacy verification on Thursday

The Independent UK

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AI supercharging misinformation's spread

Conspiracy theories, spam, and misinformation online will only get worse with the advent of AI chatbots

Salon

Bella Ramsey announces she’s leaving Twitter: ‘Thank you my gay army’

‘Twitter it’s been fun,’ actor wrote

The Independent UK

Ricky Gervais leads celebrities ridiculing Elon Musk over disappearance of ‘blue ticks’

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

The Independent UK

"Tu cheez badi hai Musk Musk:" Amitabh Bachchan thanks Elon Musk after blue tick back on his Twitter

Bollywood veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan took to his inimitable style to thank Twitter chief Elon Musk for restoring the blue checkmark on his social media handle. Read further on dynamite News:

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Fake accounts, chaos and few sign-ups: the first day of Twitter Blue was messy

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

The Guardian - US

X Corp rebrand send Ex Twitter execs back to court

A trio of former Twitter executives must refile their lawsuit against the company because CEO Elon Musk renamed the firm to "X Corp."

Fortune

Microsoft Is Dropping Twitter From Its Advertising Plan As Elon Musk Is Filing A Lawsuit

Musk complains that the tech giant mined Twitter's data illegally for training the AI models as Microsoft cuts ties.

Zenger

'Beef' stars, creator respond to David Choe comments: 'We do not condone this story'

"Beef" stars Ali Wong, Steven Yeun and series creator Lee Sung Jin have broken their silence on David Choe's controversial "rape" comments from 2014.

Los Angeles Times

Martin Lewis defends paying for Twitter blue tick as users vow to unfollow him

The money expert reminded followers of his reasons for subscribing to the new service after some branded him a 'hypocrite'

Chronicle Live

NFL star Lamar Jackson in brutal response to Elon Musk over losing his Twitter verification

Like many the NFL quarterback had been verified on the social media platform for many years but was left confused after discovering the symbol was no longer visible on his account

Daily Mirror

Martin Lewis defends paying for Twitter blue tick as money expert feels 'obligated'

People have decided to unfollow Lewis for the decision that doesn't align with his budgeting values - but the money specialist is in a 'peculiar position'

Daily Record

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Twitter’s legacy blue checks are gone, stirring confusion

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.

The Independent UK

Bella Ramsey announces she’s leaving Twitter: ‘Thank you my gay army’

‘Twitter it’s been fun,’ actor wrote

The Independent UK

Clubs react to losing their blue tick on Twitter – Friday’s sporting social

We look at some of the best examples on social from April 21.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pope Francis, Ronaldo Lose Twitter Verified Blue Status, Others Keep It

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…

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Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara: From BuzzFeed to Netflix, digital media promised revolution. And a bloody business it's been

The time has come for us to stop using the term "digital revolution" in such a catchphrase-cute way, with the inevitable emphasis on "digital" and little thought for the meaning, and historical realities, of "revolution."

WEKU

Twitter once muzzled Russian and Chinese state propaganda. That's over now

The company used "visibility filtering rules" in order to curtail propaganda and misinformation. Under Elon Musk, those guidelines have been discarded.

The Guardian - US

Colbert on SpaceX rocket launch: ‘compensating for Elon Musk’s penis’

Late-night hosts discussed the ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ of Musk’s rocket and DeSantis’s war on woke

Newslaundry

From DD News to NPR: Leading news outlets no longer labelled ‘state-funded’ on Twitter

A day after deleting blue ticks from legacy accounts, Twitter dropped its labels from several news accounts that designate them as “government funded” or “publicly funded”.

iMore

It now costs companies $1,000 a month to advertise on Twitter

Twitter now requires advertisers to be verified before they can run ads, something that could see businesses paying $1,000 a month before even paying for them.

Evening Standard

How to tell if a Twitter account is the real deal now legacy blue ticks have been removed

Twitter now has rules to prevent scammers and impersonators.

Irish Mirror

Irish celebs react to losing verified status on Twitter as blue ticks removed

One Direction singer Niall Horan and Irish rugby star Brian O'Driscoll are among the celebrities who lost their verified Twitter status overnight

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