Verified Fake Twitter Accounts Are Taking Over The Platform
There are now two categories of “blue checks” and they look identical. One includes accounts that were verified before Musk took the helm and were verified to be “important to government, news, entertainment, or another specified category.” The other notes that the account is a Twitter Blue subscriber. From a fake account impersonating Ontario Premier Doug Ford tweeting jokes to keep sick kids out of his cabin to an account masquerading as pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co and posting that insulin is free, it was a free-for-all atmosphere for Twitter users mocking the platform’s latest feature....