Twitter's Blue Tick Drama Continues with Claims of Posthumous Subscriptions.
Twitter has re-verified numerous high-profile accounts, including those of dead celebrities, as part of a wider scheme to restore verification to users with over one million followers. However, Twitter's message that these accounts are verified "because they are subscribed to Twitter Blue and verified their phone number" has been criticized as insensitive. The move also gives unwarranted prestige to the new paid verification system and undermines Elon Musk's claim that paid verification is egalitarian.
