Twitter's relaunched premium service - which grants blue-check 'verification' labels to anyone willing to pay $8 a month - was unavailable Friday after the social media platform was flooded by a wave of imposter accounts approved by Twitter.
After an imposter account registered under the revamped Twitter Blue system tweeted that insulin was free, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly
For advertisers who have put their business in Twitter on hold, the fake accounts could be the last straw as Musk's rocky run atop the platform - laying off half the workforce and triggering high-profile departures - raises questions about its survivability.There are now two categories of "blue checks," and they look identical. One includes the accounts verified before Musk took helm.
On Thursday, Musk tweeted that "too many corrupt legacy Blue 'verification' checkmarks exist, so no choice but to remove legacy Blue in coming months."Twitter's chief information security officer, head of integrity and safety quit amid company turmoil
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