AOC criticizes Elon Musk for plans to remove Twitter's legacy blue checkmarks on April Fool's day
AOC was referring to the time in November when two Twitter accounts pretended to be insulin-producing pharmaceutical firm. Both accounts paid for Twitter's verification feature, which gave them the blue tick, making them look like Eli Lilly's official account.
One account tweeted that insulin would be free, while the other claimed the price of Humalog, a diabetes drug, would rise to $400. Eli Lilly's stock fell more than 4% in response, according toThe pharmaceutical giant wasn't the only business to be trolled by other Twitter accounts. McDonald's, Nintendo, Tesla, and BP were among the
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