A cacophony of wrath has marked Twitter over the past few days, as the platform’s legacy system of blue “verified” checkmarks, given to handpicked users, was retired in favor of a new system open to all users willing to pay a subscription fee.
The new regime came into force on 4/20/23 , and resulted in users who had been verified under the old system — mostly celebs, journalists, and public figures — lose their checkmarks.
“So by revoking my blue check mark because I wouldn’t pay some arbitrary fee, someone can just be me and say a bunch of bullshit,” seethed Alyssa Milano. “Does that mean Twitter and Elon Musk are liable for defamation or identity theft or fraud?”
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