Musk strips New York Times of blue checkmark
has lost its Twitter verified badge, after attracting the ire of billionaire owner Elon Musk over its refusal to pay for the privilege.
The main account of the New York Times, which has about 55 million followers, no longer bears a verification check mark, though several of its subsection accounts remain verified. The NYT Books and Food accounts retain their unpaid legacy blue checks, while NYT Travel bears a gold badge as it’s associated with an official organisation on Twitter. The paper was among the first major news publications to say it will not be paying a fee to have its Twitter accounts verified.
Twitter responded to a request for comment with a poop emoji, its now-automated response to press queries. “We aren’t planning to pay the monthly fee for checkmark status for our institutional Twitter accounts,” said a New York Times spokesman, adding it will only reimburse reporters for using Twitter Blue “in rare instances where this status would be essential for reporting purposes”.
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