Twitter to discontinue legacy verified checkmarks starting April 1st

  • Twitter is discontinuing its legacy verified checkmarks starting April 1st.
  • Previously verified Twitter accounts will have to pay to keep their checkmarks.
  • This was first announced shortly after the launch of Twitter Blue in November 2022.
  • Elon Musk commented that “far too many corrupt legacy Blue ‘verification’ checkmarks exist” and that the company is removing them in the coming months.

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