Last Updated: April 21, 2023, 09:52 IST
The legacy blue checks had been supposed to finish on April 1st, however Elon Musk, the proprietor of Twitter, shifted the top date to April twentieth.
The legacy blue checkmarks had been beforehand granted to journalists, public officers, and celebrities at no cost as a measure towards impersonation and spam
Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Virat Kohli, and Pope, amongst others, have all misplaced their Twitter blue ticks. From Bollywood’s greatest stars to sports activities personalities and even the nation’s greatest political social gathering, BJP, have suffered the identical destiny due to Elon Musk.
The legacy blue checkmarks had been beforehand granted to journalists, public officers, and celebrities at no cost as a measure towards impersonation and spam.
However, Twitter formally discontinued the legacy blue checkmarks on April 20, 2022, below Elon Musk’s possession. Twitter now restricts verification marks solely to paid customers, companies, authorities entities, and officers.
Here are the highest Indian personalities and entities who misplaced Twitter blue:
BOLLYWOOD STARS
The legacy blue was now not seen on the accounts of Bollywood stars together with Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Deepika Padukone.
SPORTS PERSONALITIES
Both former and present sportspersons together with cricketer Virat Kholi and tennis legend Sania Mira misplaced the blue tick. Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was not even spared.
POLITICIANS AND PARTIES
INTERNATIONAL FIGURES
High-profile customers who misplaced their blue checks Thursday included Pope Francis, Oprah Winfrey and former US President Donald Trump.
WHAT NOW
For customers who nonetheless had a blue test Thursday, a popup message indicated that the account “is verified because they are subscribed to Twitter Blue and verified their phone number.”
Verifying a cellphone quantity merely signifies that the particular person has a cellphone quantity and so they verified that they’ve entry to it — it doesn’t affirm the particular person’s identification.
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