Twitter on Friday suspended signups for the revamped subscription service it launched earlier last week, after a wave of customers used the plan's verified-checkmark feature for fraudulent pranks.
The big picture:has been Musk's top priority since he took control of Twitter two weeks ago.
Giving every paid user a blue checkmark was the plan's chief innovation, replacing the existing program, which MuskFor a decade the checkmarks have signalled that an account — usually belonging to political leaders, celebrities, journalists and other public figures or brands — is who it says it is.
A user claiming to be Eli Lilly tweeted that insulin was now free. The message was eventually deleted, butOthers posted as Coca-Cola, Nintendo , and a variety of other brands, sports figures, politicians and celebrities.But within hours MuskOn Friday some gray checks began to reappear.Musk appears to be making snap decisions on whims and communicating them haphazardly both to his own teams and to Twitter users, creating a widening gyre of confusion in all directions.
A big platform like Twitter needs an army of moderators — but Musk has just laid off half the company.
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