Checkmark denoted accounts verified for authenticity, which can now be bought for an $8 a month subscription called Twitter Blue
Twitter has previously said that government entities could apply for a free blue check through a special program, but some have reported they had thus far been unable to do so. On Thursday, the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, the metro system in the San Francisco Bay Area, where Twitter’s headquarters are located, tweeted it had applied for such a checkmark but had not heard back from the company.
Experts have stated that the failure to verify such entities increases the risks of scams and even threatens to collapse disaster response online, with agencies likeThough we have lost our checkmark, this is the official USCIS twitter account. Please beware of imposter accounts.for the latest immigration and citizenship information, with direct links to our social media.Impersonations have been a recurring problem since Musk took over the company.
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