Elon Musk's Twitter Checkmark Controversy with New York Times and Jack Black

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has made it harder to distinguish between verified accounts and Twitter Blue subscribers after backing away from his threat to take legacy blue checkmarks away from verified accounts if they didn't pay $8 for Twitter Blue. Musk's new message when hovering over someone's blue checkmark reads, "This account is verified because it's subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account." Noteworthy accounts that were verified remained verified, although whether that check will remain is unclear.