Why Twitter is removing its blue check mark for some accounts



Twitter has announced that it will remove the so-called “Blue Check” marks that were previously given to verified accounts before Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media giant. NBC News’ Kalhan Rosenblatt explains what’s behind the move from Twitter and how the loss of some verified accounts could impact the platform. 

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Why Twitter is removing its blue check mark for some accounts

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23 comments

  1. Someone needs to take Twitter behind the wood shed and give it the Old Yeller treatment.

  2. No one should be required to pay money for a checkmark.

    The checkmark is not supposed to be a badge of honor, and not supposed to be monetization, it's about proving it's you, so when you read something that has a check mark, it didn't come from a fake profile, it's about making internet safer.

  3. He is so greedy 🙄 Musk

  4. Twitter and Facebook are the biggest drivers of hate speech and user tracking. 80 million Americans use Twitter while 150 million Americans use Tik Tok. Parents accuse Snapchat of enabling drug dealers. Amazon has facial recognition. This is another typical racist-based blame distraction like weapons of mass destruction. 20 years later, are Americans still that gullible?

  5. only a complete moron would pay $10 monthly for useless blue check mark LOL

  6. WHO CARES, I'm not a TWITT who uses Twatter.

  7. Let the media know that it could possibly be social engineering scams that are being created by manipulators and imposters.

  8. I have a great idea, delete Twitter. It’s an app you losers, get a life

  9. Ditch Twitter and let Musk go down with it

  10. I never got involved in this bullcrap in the first place.

  11. You have to pay for every service use on everything

    Dumb

  12. Who cares about tweets

  13. Thoughts and prayers 🙏

  14. I earned my checkmark, my opinion is important. These boomers can just buy their participation trophy checkmark and they think their opinion matters its rediculous

  15. New York Times 😛

  16. It worked well before Musk showed up.

  17. The blue check mark is meaningless now.

  18. Stupid. Twitter will go bankrupt this year.

  19. That blue check mark do nothing so they can remove it

  20. Twitter is IMPLODING. ✔️

  21. So typical of schizophrenic Mr. Musk's decision-making & actions!