Elon Musk introduced the date of the relaunch of Twitter’s Blue Verification subscription; November 29, 2022, a day earlier than Neuralink’s show-and-tell occasion. He additionally mentioned that the brand new launch would trigger any verified person who modifications their title to lose their verification till Twitter can verify that the account meets its Phrases of Service.
This was in response to Alice Vaughn, the creator of Offensive Crayons. Vaughn modified her Twitter title to Spicy Rooster Sandwich and has been unable to alter it again. Vaughn isn’t alone with this downside, as some accounts modified their names and have been unable to alter them again.
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 15, 2022
Twitter disabled signups for the Blue Verification service following mass impersonations and abuse of the service. Some pranksters had enjoyable, and a few prompted harm to firms corresponding to Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical firm that makes insulin. Lilly has pulled adverts from Twitter, and two nameless staff advised The Washington Submit that the corporate ordered a halt to all of its Twitter advert campaigns.
Tesla was additionally one of many firms impersonated, and its impersonator, Connor Musarra, shared how he impersonated Tesla and added he needed to do one other account, “possibly for SpaceX,” however was unable to resulting from Twitter disabling new Blue Verified signups.
When requested by @NicheGamer if legacy checkmarks for non-corporate and authorities officers have been going away, Elon Musk responded that every one unpaid legacy Blue checkmarks could be eliminated in a couple of months.
All unpaid legacy Blue checkmarks can be eliminated in a couple of months
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 16, 2022
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