Another day, another tweet!
Twitter or let’s be clear, Elon Musk’s Twitter rolled out a paid subscription for verified accounts on the platform and as no one, let alone Elon Musk would have imagined, imposters came into action and created fake accounts posing as famous public figures and companies! Well, here are a few of them:
This is so stupid.
— MiMi Aye (@meemalee) November 9, 2022
They’re now distinguishing between blue ticks, but only if you click on them 🤪 pic.twitter.com/vo0EBvHLh5
From Apple TV to Coca-Cola and Pepsi, things just didn’t stop there! We even had George W Bush and Tony Blair!
Fake George W Bush and fake Tony Blair have made friends, I see 👀 pic.twitter.com/Dt5w9Q3SRJ
— MiMi Aye (@meemalee) November 10, 2022
American pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly (LLY) lost billions after the stock plunged because a fake account, verified with a blue tick, claimed: “insulin is free now.”
Did Twitter Blue tweet just cost Eli Lilly $LLY billions?
— Rafael Shimunov is on Mastodon (@rafaelshimunov) November 11, 2022
Yes. pic.twitter.com/w4RtJwgCVK
Twitter has now paused the paid subscription service and is working towards a smoother process to carry out the step!
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