Twitter CEO Elon Musk put a blue check mark on the accounts of people with more than one million followers. The move was in response to an earlier tweet that said, "Checkmate" Twitter is trying to crack down on users who try to impersonate each other by changing their profile name or using different ad handles. It's unclear how long it will take for him to get rid of the Blue Check Mark.
Paris Marx is joined by Matt Binder to discuss Elon Musk’s first six months at Twitter and how his obsession with blue checks has decimated the company’s finances.
Matt Binder is a reporter at Mashable and the host of Scam Economy and Doomed. Follow Matt on Twitter at @MattBinder.
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