Light 'em up if you still got 'em
Musk is also misrepresenting some organizations that already have the newer Gold checks , by applying an erroneous description. Earlier this week, Twitter changed NPR Twitter bio to read"state affiliate media."
When NPR and others protested, correctly pointing out that only a tiny fraction of NPR's funding comes from the US Government, Musk sort of relented and then added an almost equally misleading label that says NPR is government-funded. If Musk sticks with this plan, it may soon be hard to tell who on Twitter is real, has earned authority, or is a genuine celebrity. It's not hard to buy a Blue check mark, change your Twitter name , to something else like,"ElonMusk", and swap in a photo of Musk. Only the eagle-eyed will spot the imposter in their Twitter stream.
Musk's crusade to level the Twitter playing field is unlikely to go well and soon the only 'verified' accounts will be people who actively paid, as some have noted, to"The only question that remains is, will Musk stick with the 4/20 date or, as Musk and Twitter encounter more pushback, will it slide further out?Sign up to receive daily breaking news, reviews, opinion, analysis, deals and more from the world of tech.
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