Twitter's Blue Check Verification Sparks Controversy Among Celebrities

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Elon Musk followed through on his threat to remove legacy verification from Twitter accounts, resulting in nearly all of the estimated 407k verified accounts losing their check marks. The only exceptions were newly unveiled Twitter Blue subscribers and a few celebrities. Twitter users responded with a selection of memes, while scammers took the opportunity to impersonate prominent figures and organizations that lost their check marks.
- 12 of Twitter's Best Jokes and Memes About the Blue Check Apocalypse Gizmodo
- 49ers' Taybor Pepper calls Elon Musk a 'little b----' after losing verification, takes his Twitter private Fox News
- Elon Musk pays for LeBron James, Stephen King and William Shatner's Twitter check marks WGN News
- “Didn’t pay for the best QB in the NFL” – Tyreek Hill goes off on Elon Musk for ignoring mystery QB in favor of LeBron James Sportskeeda
- Charlie Sheen begs Elon Musk to return his blue Twitter checkmark New York Post
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