Twitter: Blue certification badges imposed without consent

Elon Musk ‘s Twitter Account Verification System ever more incomprehensible? Confusion reigned supreme on Saturday, with blue badges making a comeback on some media accounts or personalities – whether they like it or not. “On my soul I didn’t pay for Twitter Blue, Tesla man you’ll feel my wrath! tweeted American rapper Lil Nas X, whose profile displays the blue check mark.

Formerly free, and a guarantee of authenticity and notoriety , it now means that the user is subscribed to Twitter Blue (for 8 dollars per month) and that his telephone number has been verified by the platform.