After buying Twitter for $44 billion in October, Musk has been trying to boost the struggling platform's revenue by pushing more people to pay for a premium subscription.
- William Shatner, Monica Lewinsky and other prolific Twitter commentators — some household names, others little-known journalists — could soon be losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity on the social media platform.
“It will be glorious,” he tweeted Monday, in response to a Twitter user who noted that Saturday is also April Fools’ Day. Lewinsky tweeted a screenshot Sunday of all the people impersonating her, including at least one who appears to have paid for a blue check mark. She asked, “what universe is this fair to people who can suffer consequences for being impersonated? a lie travels half way around the world before truth even gets out the door.”
Musk responded that there shouldn’t be a different standard for celebrities. “It’s more about treating everyone equally,” Musk tweeted.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Elon Musk Tells William Shatner Subscription-Only Twitter Blue Check-Marks Are ‘About Treating Everyone Equally’Is Elon Musk’s move to grant verified blue check-marks only to paying Twitter users designed to prop up the company’s revenue — or is it supposedly to democratize the social netwo…
Read more »
Cardano Founder Offers to Pay Elon Musk for William Shatner's Twitter Blue Check.elonmusk explains to 'James T. Kirk' WilliamShatner why Twitter blue checks have to be paid for. IOHK_Charles
Read more »
Elon Musk puts $20 billion value on Twitter, The Information reportsTwitter Inc CEO Elon Musk has offered the social-media company's employees stock grants at a valuation of nearly $20 billion, the Information reported on Saturday, citing a person familiar with an email Musk sent to Twitter staff.
Read more »
Elon Musk concedes Twitter is worth less than half what he paid: reportElon Musk concedes Twitter is now worth less than half what he paid in email about stock grants, report says
Read more »
Elon Musk values Twitter '$20 billion' after $44 billion acquisition in 2022Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has reportedly issued stock grants to the company's staff at a valuation of close to $20 billion, according to multiple media reports on Saturday.
Read more »