Twitter began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people, including pop icon Beyonce and Pope Francis, losing their verified statuses
Soccer Football - UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifiers - Group J - Portugal v Liechtenstein - Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal - March 23, 2023 Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File PhotoApril 20 - Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including pop icon Beyonce, Microsoft CorpPope Francis, who lost the blue tick earlier on Thursday, was later given the gray verification checkmark by...
Musk tweeted separately: "I'm paying for a few personally." and later tweeted "Just Shatner, LeBron and King," referring to Star Trek actor William Shatner, who had last month complained about being forced to pay to keep his blue checkmark. Musk said in November that Twitter will begin charging $8 per month for the badge in an effort to launch more revenue streams beyond advertising.
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