The controversy surrounding Twitter's verification checkmark.

Twitter updated its description label for verified accounts to make it indistinguishable whether a user with a blue checkmark paid for the platform's subscription service or was already verified before the subscription included a verification badge. The update comes after Twitter elected not to follow through with its initial plan to remove "legacy" verified users of their blue checkmarks if they do not pay for the subscription service. All verified accounts will now display the same description, which reads, "This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account."