No longer possible to hide the blue badge of shame on X <div class="feat-image">
</div><p>Ah, the saga of <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/twitter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">X’s[/url] blue checkmarks! Originally a sign that someone was who they claimed to be, and later sold so that cryptocurrency scammers could see their posts boosted, the company is now coming full circle with some journalists.</p>
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Update: After a number of journalist accounts got unwanted blue checkmarks, Twitter has now made it <a href="https://twitter.com/nima_owji/status/1778538957913154049" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">impossible to hide it[/url] – see update at end …</p>
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No longer possible to hide the blue badge of shame on X
