Elon Musk's X is now letting Blue subscribers hide their once coveted 'blue checks' as users continue to mock them

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"Power to the people! Blue for $8/month," Musk tweeted when he originally announced the subscription service in November 2022.

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Twitter is hiding who paid for a blue check mark while users keep dunking on Elon Musk

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Elon Musk acquired Twitter on October 27.

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Elon Musk's blue-check saga marks the beginning of the end for Twitter, top Tesla investor says

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A top Tesla and Twitter investor has criticized Elon Musk's new verification plan.

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Twitter descends into chaos as users lash out over Elon Musk's blue-check reversal for celebrities: 'Feel my wrath Tesla man!'

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Elon Musk's new Twitter verification system has not gone to plan.

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Twitter is adding verified check marks to the accounts of dead celebrities, making them look like paid Twitter Blue subscribers

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Twitter Blue users paying $8 to stay verified hit by '#BlockTheBlue' campaign

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Twitter suspended the @BlockTheBlue account.

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Twitter users including Justin Bieber, Bill Gates, and Kim Kardashian are seeing their blue checkmarks disappear as Elon Musk charges $8 a month for verified accounts

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Elon Musk's Twitter had said it would remove blue legacy checkmarks on April 20.

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I was sick of racist comments and scammers posing as my business online. Here's why I paid to get verified on Instagram.

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Adella Colvin is the owner of LolaBean Yarn Co. in Grovetown, Georgia.

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News outlets, athletes, celebs — and the White House — don't plan to pay for Twitter Blue checks

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Twitter said it was planning to begin removing "legacy" verified checks starting April 1.

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Twitter to charge businesses $1,000 per month to keep gold verified checks as it axes 'legacy' verified checks

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Twitter's official Twitter account seen with a new gold check mark, designating verification for businesses
Twitter is reportedly planning to charge businesses $1,000 to keep gold checks.

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