Aside from a blue check — which some subscribers don’t even want, since it now carries a stigma — Twitter Blue offers prioritized search rankings, SMS two-factor authentication and longer ...

On Monday morning, the hashtag #BlockTheBlue was trending on Twitter – at least before the news broke of Tucker Carlson's ouster at Fox News. It would be easy to think it was political, aimed at ...

Elon Musk addresses Twitter controversies 01:59. The rollout of Twitter's paid blue check mark, which now costs $8 a month after previously being free, could become a case study in business ...

Frustrated users on Twitter are taking up arms against accounts with blue check marks and blocking them en masse in an effort they are calling #BlockTheBlue. Previously, the blue check mark ...

The block on Blue for new accounts appears to be related to what happened immediately once the subscription actually provided the blue check “verification” that Musk had previously provided ...

If a tweet from a Twitter Blue user goes viral, the comments are likely filled with memes about how “this mf paid for twitter,” and there are even tools to block everyone who has the subscription.

The Margin Twitter’s blue-check-mark drama gets stupider over the weekend Many popular but unpaid accounts have their check marks restored against their will — or even despite their deaths ...

(Technically, the check mark was white, surrounded by blue, ... The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether elected officials violate the First Amendment when they block people on social media.

For some users, the Blue Check used to be something aspirational; now, many Twitter users will automatically block those that have clearly paid for one.

What's the complimentary blue check on Elon Musk's X all about? Here's everything you want to know. Credit: Stefan Jaitner/picture alliance via Getty Images If you've been on X, the Elon Musk ...

Elon promised to purge the Twitter Blue checks that refused to pay up. He did that, but he gave a few back, no subscription required.

So a blue check no longer projected their superiority. Celebs had a little block of pixels that they saw as a status symbol, and now they see it as the opposite because it's just not fair to them ...