Good news for all Twitter people 📱 Twitter's blue ticks were reinstated on some media, celebrity, and other high-profile accounts Saturday ECR_Newswatch Twitter
Once a free sign of authenticity and fame, blue ticks must now be bought by subscribers for $8 a month, Twitter says.
But on Friday and Saturday, a number of celebrities regained their blue ticks, seemingly without action on their part, including author Stephen King, NBA champion LeBron James and former US president Donald Trump.American rapper Lil Nas X, whose profile displays the blue tick, tweeted:"on my soul i didn't pay for twitter blue, u will feel my wrath tesla man!"Many official media accounts regained a tick, including AFP, which has not subscribed to Twitter Blue.
The reinstated ticks did not lure back US public radio NPR and Canada's public broadcaster CBC, which recently suspended activity on their accounts and had not resumed tweeting as of Sunday. "No means no, boys," tech journalist Kara Swisher tweeted on Saturday, saying that she had gained the blue tick without her consent.
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