{"id":22806,"date":"2023-04-24T03:50:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T03:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4446bfc9-72fc-4773-8172-6bec29b6d02e12"},"modified":"2023-04-24T03:50:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T03:50:37","slug":"twitter-adds-blue-checks-to-accounts-of-dead-celebrities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/twitter-adds-blue-checks-to-accounts-of-dead-celebrities\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter adds blue checks to accounts of dead celebrities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Elon Musk first announced Twitter would start charging for verification, he said<\/ins><\/span> the company\u2019s legacy \u201clords & peasants\u201d system was \u201cbullshit.\u201d Now, just days after winding down the old system<\/ins><\/span>, Twitter has begun handing out blue ticks to celebrity users and accounts with more than one million followers. Among the users who received the verification but say they did not pay for the service include author Neil Gaiman<\/ins><\/span>, actor Ron Perlman<\/ins><\/span>, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/ins><\/span> and Twitter comic dril.<\/p>\n

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now that i have the baneful blue mark, I undertand the pain ive wrought. i was wrong to torment dog coin guys. im jealous of their million’s<\/p>\n

\u2014 slave to Woke (@dril) April 22, 2023<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

\u201cFor the curious, I\u2019m not subscribed to Twitter Blue,\u201d author Neil Gaiman tweeted<\/ins><\/span> on Sunday afternoon. \u201cI haven\u2019t given anyone my phone number. What a sad, muddled place this has become.\u201d Other celebrities expressed similar sentiments. \u201cAh they got me. Im fucked,\u201d dril wrote, before later losing his check mark \u2013 seemingly because Paul Dochney<\/ins><\/span>, the writer who runs the account, changed dril\u2019s display name to \u201cslave to Woke.\u201d<\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s unclear just how many users Twitter has re-verified in this way. On Friday, Musk claimed<\/ins><\/span> he was \u201cpersonally\u201d paying the Twitter Blue subscription of a few celebrities, including LeBron James and Stephen King. Additionally, accounts that once belonged to Chadwick Boseman<\/ins><\/span>, Kobe Bryant<\/ins><\/span> and Anthony Bourdain<\/ins><\/span>, celebrities who died long before Musk\u2019s takeover of Twitter, were also reverified over the weekend. The same message appears if you click on any of the blue checks associated with those accounts. \u201cThis account is verified because they are subscribed to Twitter Blue and verified their phone number.\u201d<\/p>\n

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So, how do all the Musk fanboys and MAGA folks on this site feel about the fact that your conquering hero said he\u2019d bring \u2018equality\u2019 and \u2018people power\u2019 to this site and then charged you all for Twitter Blue while giving it to people like me for free?<\/p>\n

Do you feel\u2026 owned?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) April 23, 2023<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

It\u2019s unclear if someone paid to verify those accounts or if Twitter granted them blue checks free of charge. Twitter does not operate a public relations department Engadget could reach for comment. Understandably, many of those who got their check mark for free are upset that Twitter is suggesting they paid for Twitter Blue. \u201cIts ok he fired the people<\/ins><\/span> in charging telling him its illegal,\u201d dril joked<\/span>, pointing to a screenshot showing the Wikipedia page detailing the Lanham Act<\/span>, a federal law that lays out, among other things, what constitutes false endorsement in the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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