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Ricky Gervais leads celebrities ridiculing Elon Musk over disappearance of ‘blue ticks’

‘I’m not sure if I’m really me or not’

The Independent UK

Musk says he paid to verify LeBron, Stephen King, William Shatner

All three celebrities had publicly stated they would never pay for Twitter Blue and verified status.

Fortune

Twitter drops ‘state-affiliated’, ‘government-funded’ labels

China’s Xinhua and Russia’s RT no longer labelled as state media after unannounced changes.

Al Jazeera

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Man City duo take aim at "crazy dude" Elon Musk after losing blue ticks during Twitter cull

Elon Musk made the controversial decision to strip Twitter users of their verified blue ticks on Thursday with a number of Premier League stars feeling the wrath of the billionaire

Daily Mirror

‘Deeply sorry’ CBI suspends policy and membership activity until June after firms quit following second rape allegation – as it happened

John Lewis, BMW, NatWest, Unilever, Aviva, Virgin Media 02 and GSK also distance from lobby group after Guardian reports into alleged misconduct

The Guardian - UK

AOC says Elon Musk will cost lives by deleting blue ticks on Twitter

Congresswoman shares screenshots of exchange between Twitter users claiming to be official New York government handles

The Independent UK

Afternoon Update: Crikey claims victory as Murdoch drops lawsuit; Queensland doubles EV rebate; and frustrating AFL coverage

Media scion discontinues case days after Fox News settled with Dominion in a separate lawsuit in the US

The Guardian - AU

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Pushkar Singh Dhami, Mamata Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi, Kejriwal among politicians who lost Twitter blue tick

Micro-blogging site Twitter on Tursday removed the verified blue tick from many high-profile individuals' account in India including West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's among others. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Elon Musk trolls celebrities by ‘personally’ paying for their Twitter blue ticks

Platform’s verification system was overhauled on Thursday (20 April)

The Independent UK

Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, PV Sindhu lose Twitter blue ticks

NEW DELHI: Top India sports stars, including the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and double Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu, have lost the blue checkmarks that helped verify their identity on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

The Times of India

All the celebrities who appear to be paying to keep Twitter blue ticks

‘I’m paying for a few personally,’ Musk says

The Independent UK

With Twitter’s legacy blue checks gone, here’s how to see if celebrities and other users are real

Users from the Pope to former US president Donald Trump had their blue checks removed, while Elon Musk paid costs for some celebrities

The Guardian - AU

Twitter starts removing blue tick mark from non-paying users

Famous figures including Pope Francis and Bill Gates lose blue tick as Elon Musk pushes paid service.

Al Jazeera

Axios Finish Line: Normal America

Most Americans never touch Twitter or tune into cable TV.

Axios

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Sports Illustrated

Elon Musk Confirms Report About LeBron James’s Unique Twitter Verification Situation

The Lakers star has a unique reason for why he was able to retain his Twitter verification.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk admits paying Twitter blue tick fees for celebrities who boycotted controversial levy

LeBron James and Stephen King appear to be among those who’ve had a subscription paid for

Los Angeles Times

Break out your tiny violins: The Twitter blue check purge is here

Celebrities and other VIPS across the world— including Bill Gates, the pope and Hillary Clinton — were devoid of official checkmarks Thursday afternoon as self-dubbed Twitter chief twit Elon Musk's promised purge of legacy Twitter verifications came to fruition.

Windows Central

Thanks to Twitter changes, you can say goodbye to this Xbox DVR feature

Twitter has updated its APIs from "free" to costing over $42,000 per month. As such, some services that integrate Twitter will no longer work. Xbox is the latest casualty.

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Reason

Democrats Threaten Matt Taibbi With Jail Time Over Twitter Files Testimony

Weaponization of the federal government, indeed

The Guardian - US

‘Legacy blue checks’ disappear from Twitter as Musk’s changes take effect

Checkmark denoted accounts verified for authenticity, which can now be bought for an $8 a month subscription called Twitter Blue

ABC News

Pauline Hanson claims list of Indigenous 'demands' found via FOI shows 'dangers' of a Voice to Parliament. What's actually in the documents?

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has told parliament that Freedom of Information documents show the "danger" of the Voice to Parliament. So what's actually in the documents?

PC Gamer

Twitter finally purges blue checks from formerly 'verified' accounts, including many game studios and developers

The likes of Final Fantasy 16, Tim Schafer, Warframe, and others have been de-checked. Oh, and the Pope.

Daily Mirror

Gary Lineker keeps Twitter blue tick despite likes of Cristiano Ronaldo losing theirs

Twitter has begun a purge of individual verification marks in a move that has long been warned by owner Elon Musk, but Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has kept hold of his blue tick

Daily Mirror

Piers Morgan LOSES Twitter tick as Susanna Reid and Holly Willoughby pay to keep theirs

Piers Morgan, known for being an outspoken profilic Twitter user, has lost his Twitter blue tick, while fellow TV presenters Holly Willoughby and Susanna Reid have kept theirs by subscribing to a new service introduced after Elon Musk's takeover of the site

Daily Mirror

LeBron James' Twitter Blue vow backfires as check mark remains for LA Lakers All-Star

Mass change has been made to Twitter as all formerly verified accounts that haven't paid have lost their blue tick, which has sparked question marks over LeBron James

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