"Twitter strips high-profile users of blue tick verification"

Twitter's decision to monetize verification by making blue ticks an $84 paid-for service is causing chaos as copycat accounts scramble to prove their authenticity. Elon Musk has given blue ticks to a few celebrities who didn't ask for one, while labels describing media organizations such as the BBC have disappeared. Critics fear the rise in paid verification will lead to an amplification of disinformation on the site, which could scare off advertisers and undermine any extra revenue Twitter is getting from its verification subscription model.