2023-04-24
Despite the implication when you click the blue badge that has mysteriously re-appeared beside my name, I am not paying for the “honour”.
The Daily Beast
Twitter appears to have restored verification checkmarks to many accounts with 1M+ followers, saying they are subscribed to Blue; some deny they paid for Blue
But Some Celebrities Don't Want Them Todd Spangler / Variety : Twitter Restores Blue Check-Marks for Many Celebs, Including Several Dead Ones Stan Schroeder / Mashable : Celebs wer...
Despite the implication when you click the blue badge that has mysteriously re-appeared beside my name, I am not paying for the “honour”.
BBC
Twitter restores the gold badges of some news organizations, including the BBC, The New York Times, and Bellingcat; the BBC and Bellingcat say they did not pay
Some Twitter accounts with more than one million followers have had their blue tick badges re-instated by Twitter without paying to subscribe.