Twitter is allegedly verifying accounts with over 1 million followers for free.

Twitter is allegedly verifying accounts with over 1 million followers for free. (Read More Here).

In a surprising twist, Twitter’s Blue Checks have been popping up on accounts with over a million followers, regardless of whether they have subscribed to the $8 a month premium service, Twitter Blue. This outrageous glitch has left users baffled, and those who once enjoyed the exclusive verified status now find themselves part of a bizarre club.

Twitter’s shenanigans don’t stop there! Even the accounts of deceased celebrities like Anthony Bourdain, Chadwick Boseman, and Kobe Bryant have been spotted with the infamous Blue Check. Evidently, consent is no longer required in this strange new Twitterverse.

Over the weekend, several Twitter users with reportedly over a million followers were surprised to find that their Blue Check verification badges, which had disappeared during Elon Musk’s recent purge of legacy verified accounts, had been reinstated. However, many of these users were not pleased with the sudden change, as they do not support Twitter Blue – the subscription service that offers additional features to users for a monthly fee.

On Saturday, the blue verification badges were reinstated on certain accounts, but it can be misleading to assume that these accounts are verified simply because they are subscribed to Twitter Blue, the $8 per month premium service. It is worth noting that Twitter Blue replaced the previous free verification process that was implemented to prevent misinformation and impersonation on the platform.