Elon Musk’s purge of blue check-marks from Twitter has officially begun.
Musk, in replying to William Shatner’s complaint about Twitter’s move to force users to pay for verified status
, “There shouldn’t be a different standard for celebrities” when it comes to verified status. Musk previously told Stephen King — who also balked at the notion of paying for a blue check-mark — “We need to pay the bills somehow!” Prior to Musk’s change allowing anyone to get a blue check-mark, Twitter had more than 420,000 verified accounts. The goal of Twitter’s original verification program, adopted in 2009, was to help people know that a high-profile user was, in fact, who they said they were to avoid confusion with imposters.
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