Twitter removes Legacy Blue Checks and sparks anger, confusion, ennui

As promised, Twitter Legacy Blue verification checks started quietly disappearing from user accounts Thursday afternoon. Now the only way to hold onto the coveted Blue Tick is by paying Twitter a $7.99 a month subscription fee.

Elon Musk announced the final day to pay up last week and — even as he juggled the first SpaceX StarShip (opens in new tab) launch (which ended with a spectacular mid-air explosion) — Musk found time to set his draconian plan in motion.

Source: www.techradar.com