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Twitter snatches away blue checkmarks – except for a chosen few

A hallmark status symbol has been snatched away from Twitter users not willing to pay for it – unless the company's CEO says otherwise.

The New Daily

Twitter scraps legacy blue checks - here’s how to tell who's real and who's fake

Twitter has removed its legacy blue checks which is… a move, but we can help you tell the fake accounts from the real ones so you’re never caught out.

TechRadar

Twitter boss Elon Musk's picks three celebs to personally pay blue ticks for

Elon Musk took away blue ticks on Twitter this week, so users must pay a subscription to be 'verified' - but some celebs still appear to have theirs

Daily Mirror

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Elon Musk pays for Stephen King and LeBron James to keep Twitter blue ticks

Writer and basketball star are among famous names to retain ticks despite not signing up to Twitter Blue

The Guardian - UK

Musk’s Twitter Drops 'Government-funded' Labels on Media Accounts

Twitter dropped the "Government-funded" and "China state-affiliated" labels, which implies government involvement in editorial content, from the accounts of various global media organizations, their profiles showed on Friday. Twitter dropped the "Government-funded Media" label from the accounts of US-based National Public Radio (NPR), British Broadcasting Corp and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Elon Musk ‘personally paying’ to keep blue ticks on some verified Twitter users

Stephen King, LeBron James and William Shatner are among the stars whose blue ticks remain, despite claiming they had not paid a subscription

Evening Standard

Musk's Twitter drops labels for government-funded media

Twitter has removed labels describing global media organizations are government-funded or state-affiliated

The Independent UK

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Some people will keep Twitter blue ticks despite not paying

It comes after legacy verified checkmarks were removed from the social app on Thursday

Wales Online

Elon Musk loses $13 billion in 24 hours after SpaceX rocket explosion and disappointing Tesla earnings

The CEO of Tesla and Twitter has seen his net worth battered in recent years.

Fortune

Stephen King responds after being ‘trolled’ by Elon Musk’s blue tick on Twitter

Author was left confused after noticing he was still verified

The Independent UK

Twitter axes blue ticks as Elon Musk 'pays' for some celebs to keep verified badge

Major political party pages and celebs with huge followings have lost their verification badges.

Daily Record

Blue tick on Twitter: Ant and Dec, Ricky Gervais, Piers Morgan and more react as they lose verified status

What is the blue tick on Twitter? Social media platform ticks off celebrities after removing their verified checkmarks on April 20

Wales Online

Elon Musk forced to backtrack after LeBron James refuses to pay for verification

Twitter chief Elon Musk unverified millions of accounts on Thursday - including the one belonging to Cristiano Ronaldo - but LeBron James still has his blue tick

Daily Mirror

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

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Fortune

Musk says he paid to verify LeBron, Stephen King, William Shatner

All three celebrities had publicly stated they would never pay for Twitter Blue and verified status.

Al Jazeera

Twitter drops ‘state-affiliated’, ‘government-funded’ labels

China’s Xinhua and Russia’s RT no longer labelled as state media after unannounced changes.

Daily Mirror

Man City duo take aim at "crazy dude" Elon Musk after losing blue ticks during Twitter cull

Elon Musk made the controversial decision to strip Twitter users of their verified blue ticks on Thursday with a number of Premier League stars feeling the wrath of the billionaire

The Guardian - UK

‘Deeply sorry’ CBI suspends policy and membership activity until June after firms quit following second rape allegation – as it happened

John Lewis, BMW, NatWest, Unilever, Aviva, Virgin Media 02 and GSK also distance from lobby group after Guardian reports into alleged misconduct

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The Independent UK

AOC says Elon Musk will cost lives by deleting blue ticks on Twitter

Congresswoman shares screenshots of exchange between Twitter users claiming to be official New York government handles

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Crikey claims victory as Murdoch drops lawsuit; Queensland doubles EV rebate; and frustrating AFL coverage

Media scion discontinues case days after Fox News settled with Dominion in a separate lawsuit in the US

Dynamite News

Pushkar Singh Dhami, Mamata Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi, Kejriwal among politicians who lost Twitter blue tick

Micro-blogging site Twitter on Tursday removed the verified blue tick from many high-profile individuals' account in India including West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's among others. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Elon Musk trolls celebrities by ‘personally’ paying for their Twitter blue ticks

Platform’s verification system was overhauled on Thursday (20 April)

The Times of India

Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, PV Sindhu lose Twitter blue ticks

NEW DELHI: Top India sports stars, including the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and double Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu, have lost the blue checkmarks that helped verify their identity on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

The Independent UK

All the celebrities who appear to be paying to keep Twitter blue ticks

‘I’m paying for a few personally,’ Musk says

The Guardian - AU

With Twitter’s legacy blue checks gone, here’s how to see if celebrities and other users are real

Users from the Pope to former US president Donald Trump had their blue checks removed, while Elon Musk paid costs for some celebrities

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