After withdrawing blue ticks for non-subscribers to Twitter Blue, Elon Musk’s company is now restoring verification badges for many non-paying celebrities.
Last week, Twitter began removing blue ticks from all accounts, regardless of popularity, unless they paid for the Twitter Blue paid service. This included many big names from India such as actors Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Congress politician Rahul Gandhi, as well as cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.
Now, in a surprising turn of events, blue ticks are back on these celebrities’ accounts. If you can click the blue tick, it says the “account is verified because you subscribed to Twitter Blue and verified your phone number”.
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However, that may not be the case, at least according to many public figures who got their blue ticks back without paying for it. For example, former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah wrote on Twitter: “Apparently I paid for Twitter Blue and gave them a phone number to verify, except I don’t have one. Mr. Musk, will you pay for mine too?”
He was referring to Musk paying for Twitter Blue subscriptions by American author Stephen King, basketball player LeBron James and actor William Shatner.
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Many other public figures who have received their blue ticks back include Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai. “I don’t know what happened but I’m glad my blue tick is back so everyone knows I’m still Malala,” she tweeted.
Although it’s unclear what’s going on, Twitter appears to be reinstating the verified badge of high-follower accounts. In addition to these numbers, Twitter has also restored the blue ticks of late figures such as Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant, and Michal Jackson.
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Twitter Blue costs ₹900 per month on smartphones (Android or iOS) and the web-only version costs ₹650 per month or ₹6,800 per year.
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