Twitter removed legacy blue ticks from all accounts on Thursday, April 20. Many Bollywood celebrities lost their Twitter Blue Tick in India. From Shah Rukh Khan to Amitabh Bachchan and Alia Bhatt, Bollywood actors have lost the blue checks against their names that help verify their identities and differentiate them from fraudsters. The micro-blogging platform announced this overnight and all those whose Blue Ticks were not verified by paying have been removed.
These Bollywood stars lost their blue ticks
Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Alia Bhatt are among the big names who have lost their blue ticks on Elon-Musk’s social media platform. Politicians like CM Yogi Adityanath, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi and several eminent personalities including cricketers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have also lost blue ticks from Twitter accounts.
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Who will get blue tick?
Those who are now paying for Twitter Blue, which costs US$8/month (Rs 656) on web and US$11/month (Rs 900) on iOS and Android, will get the blue checkmark. Big names to lose their blue ticks include Beyoncé, Pope Francis, Oprah Winfrey and former US President Donald Trump.
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Twitter may lose identity
Twitter had about 300,000 verified users under its blue-check system, many of them journalists, athletes and celebrities, reports AP news agency. Not just journalists and celebrities, many government agencies, non-profit organizations and public-service accounts around the world found themselves unverified. This has raised concerns that Twitter may lose its identity as a platform for accurate information in emergencies.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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