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      <title>End of an era: Celebrities lose iconic blue tick from Twitter accounts</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Twitter appears to have officially killed off its iconic blue check marks as it began to disappear from formerly verified Twitter accounts on Thursday.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The development comes months after Elon Musk began to impose new policies after taking over the social media giant.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Space X and Tesla owner has been threatening to remove what he called “legacy blue checks” for months now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The checkmark previously denoted accounts that had been verified for authenticity and were given to accounts of celebrities, journalists, and media outlets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In order to keep the iconic Twitter badge, users have to buy $8 a-month subscription program under which any account can obtain a blue checkmark.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Musk’s crackdown against blue ticks began on April 20. Though, Only individuals and organizations that pay for the premium Twitter Blue subscription can keep the verified credential on their profiles.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, some of them still have it without any subscription.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are some of them:&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Ayyappan_1504/status/1649124284651143169"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/CFC_Janty/status/1649122778304348191"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/babarazamking_/status/1649122650055385089"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1649147510525423626"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/kaleshiaurat/status/1649121758769991680"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/IsbUnited/status/1649140427059240960"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Twitter appears to have officially killed off its iconic blue check marks as it began to disappear from formerly verified Twitter accounts on Thursday.</strong></p>
<p>The development comes months after Elon Musk began to impose new policies after taking over the social media giant.</p>
<p>The Space X and Tesla owner has been threatening to remove what he called “legacy blue checks” for months now.</p>
<p>The checkmark previously denoted accounts that had been verified for authenticity and were given to accounts of celebrities, journalists, and media outlets.</p>
<p>In order to keep the iconic Twitter badge, users have to buy $8 a-month subscription program under which any account can obtain a blue checkmark.</p>
<p>Musk’s crackdown against blue ticks began on April 20. Though, Only individuals and organizations that pay for the premium Twitter Blue subscription can keep the verified credential on their profiles.</p>
<p>However, some of them still have it without any subscription.</p>
<p>Here are some of them:</p>
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        <div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '><span>
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        <a href="https://twitter.com/Ayyappan_1504/status/1649124284651143169"></a>
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