Fake Disney account promotes Twitter Blue with dead celebrity claims

Twitter mistakenly verified accounts of dead celebrities and living celebrities who didn't pay for it, claiming they subscribed to the $8-per-month Twitter Blue service. The blue checkmark now suggests that the account holder paid for the badge and verified their identities. Twitter also mistakenly awarded its gold verification badge to a fake Disney account that had posted racist slurs. The unpaid-for blue checkmarks are generally appearing on accounts with at least 1 million followers, and almost all accounts with more than 1 million followers were "gifted" a Twitter Blue subscription yesterday against their will.