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Blue checks aren’t protecting sex workers from X’s porn crackdown

When X (formerly Twitter) launched paid subscription verification, Mistress Rouge, a professional dominatrix, hoped that it would help her advertise to new clients. But paying for the service didn’t protect her from X’s crackdown on explicit content, which is a particularly hard blow for sex workers on the platform who…

Blue checks aren’t protecting sex workers from X’s porn crackdown

Social media company X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their verification checkmarks. The Elon Musk-owned company introduced paid verification last year with the Twitter Blue relaunch. The service…

X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their checkmarks

Esther Crawford, the former head of Twitter Blue, wrote a long post on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, talking about the old management, working under Elon Musk…

Ex-Twitter Blue chief on Musk’s ‘lack of process’ and impulsive management style

After swaths of users were unable to access parts of TweetDeck over the last few days, Twitter started rolling out a new version of the web app to users Monday.…

Twitter said only verified users will be able to access TweetDeck after 30 days

Since Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, the platform has been expanding the limits of content you can post through one tweet. In its latest move, the company has increased…

Twitter now allows subscribers to post 25,000-character-long tweets

Twitter has increased the time limit to edit tweets from 30 minutes to one hour for Blue subscribers. This gives people a bigger window to change their tweets and correct…

Twitter increases window to edit tweets to one hour for Blue subscribers

Twitter has made changes to its paid plan, allowing subscribers to upload two-hour-long videos — expanding the previous 60-minute limit. The company also modified its Twitter Blue page and said…

Twitter now allows paid users to upload two-hour videos

Not every new blue check on Twitter is a fan of Elon Musk. As Twitter’s iconic blue check shifts from a badge of legitimacy to a signal that you pay…

Sex workers explain why blue check stigma and #BlockTheBlue aren’t so straightforward
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Unpacking the Twitter blues

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Unpacking the Twitter blues

In a drive to offer free verification to top organizations, Twitter briefly gave a gold checkmark to a fake Disney account. The gold checkmark indicates that the account belongs to a…

Twitter gave a gold checkmark to a fake Disney account

After removing thousands of legacy verification checkmarks on April 20, Twitter is restoring the Blue tick marks for large accounts — even if they didn’t pay for subscriptions. Over the…

Twitter reinstates Blue verification mark for top accounts — even if they didn’t pay for it

As Twitter’s legacy blue check mark system finally comes to an end, the social network’s new paid-for verification system is causing more than a little chaos, with CEO Elon Musk…

Twitter seemingly now requires all advertisers to have a verified checkmark

The blue checkmarks that once christened an echelon of elite Twitter users as trustworthy — or at least probably themselves — are no more. It’s only been a few hours…

Chaos reigns after Twitter’s blue checks vanish

Elon Musk said that Twitter will finally move to remove the legacy blue checkmarks on April 20 or 4/20 because he can’t let go of that joke. This is the…

Elon Musk says Twitter will finally remove legacy checkmarks on 4/20

Twitter is rolling out additional features for Blue subscribers, including showing 50% of ads in their timeline compared to nonpaid users and a visibility boost in search. Elon Musk has…

Twitter’s new feature will show ‘half ads’ to Blue subscribers

Twitter has introduced a new check mark label that makes it impossible to separate between legacy and paid verified accounts.

Twitter’s new label makes it hard to differentiate between legacy and paid verified accounts

April 1 is the dumbest day on the internet, and this year, it’s not just because brands will try to prank you by selling “hot iced coffee.” Starting on Saturday,…

Celebrities don’t want to pay Elon for a blue check

Legacy Twitter checkmarks are disappearing on April 1st, Twitter says, and in the future, the only way users will be able to get the coveted blue badge is by paying…

Twitter Blue relaunch has made just $11M on mobile in its first 3 months

Twitter has changed many things related to its subscription program, Twitter Blue, in the last few hours. The company has made the paid plan available for purchase globally, and also…

New accounts now have to wait only 30 days for Twitter Blue

Twitter will start removing legacy blue checkmarks on April Fools Day in the hopes of bumping Twitter Blue subscriptions.

Twitter will kill ‘legacy’ blue checks on April 1

Twitter has ruffled more regulatory feathers in the European Union by going ahead with a rollout of a much criticized paid verification feature without informing its lead data protection watchdog…

Twitter Blue’s quiet rollout in EU frets watchdog over lack of notice

Twitter’s paid plan Twitter Blue is now available to more than 20 new countries in Europe. These countries include Netherlands, Poland, Ireland, Belgium, Sweden, Romania, Czech Republic, Finland, Denmark, Greece,…

Twitter Blue expands to more than 20 countries

For the longest time, social media companies have relied on the fact that their service is “free” to use. All these companies banked on showing ads and getting some user…

Here’s how every social media company is adopting subscriptions

Twitter announced the ability to post longer tweets for paid users Wednesday. So instead of being limited to 280 characters, Blue subscribers can post tweets that are up to 4,000…

Twitter Blue introduces 4,000-character tweets, says half ads coming soon

Twitter has rolled out its subscription service, Twitter Blue, to users in India, Brazil and Indonesia, it said on Wednesday, tapping large key overseas markets where it has amassed over…

Twitter launches subscription service Blue in India, Indonesia and Brazil

Twitter is in a hurry to make money, and in another step that might lead to some revenue it has expanded the Twitter Blue subscription to six new countries. The…

Twitter Blue expands to six new countries, brings back Spaces curation

Elon Musk continues to change things at a breakneck pace at Twitter, and on Saturday the still-CEO (I guess he hasn’t found anyone willing to take over yet?) seemed to…

Elon Musk admits Twitter has too many ads, says fix is coming

A day after launching an annual subscription for Twitter Blue, the social media company has extended the paid plan to users on Android. Individuals will have to pay $11 per…

Twitter Blue is now available on Android at the same price as iOS

Twitter announced an annual Blue subscription plan for hardcore users who want to commit for a year. The revamped Twitter Blue subscription was launched last December at a rate of…

Twitter now offers an annual Blue subscription for hardcore users

After launching Elon Musk’s version of the Twitter Blue subscription service last month in five countries, the company has expanded the paid plan to users in Japan. Both the old…

Twitter launches its Blue subscription service in Japan