A lot of people in their coverage have been saying like, oh, these celebrities got their blue check marks back. That's not correct. They didn't get the blue check Marks back because the ones on their account now do not have the same tag at the ones they previously had due. These new check marks and the only ones that exist now simply say this user is subscribed to Twitter blue and verified their phone number with Twitter. Now these celebrities have done neither. And there've been a number of pieces speaking to different sort of legal experts saying that, you know, somebody's celebrities, if they wanted to pursue this, could possibly have a case.
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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