Elon Musk's Twitter feud with New York Times over verification badge

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Elon Musk's Twitter feud with New York Times over verification badge
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Twitter has revised the label attached to the verification checkmark, making it difficult to differentiate between legacy verified accounts and those who paid for it. The New York Times lost its verified check after refusing to pay for the verification service. Many celebrities have also refused to pay for the checkmark. Elon Musk deleted a tweet saying that Twitter will give "a few weeks grace" to legacy verified account holders to subscribe to Twitter Blue before removing verification marks from those who don't pay. Twitter is reportedly working on a government ID verification feature for Blue subscribers, which will let them hide their checkmarks.

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