Elon Musk admits to ‘personally’ paying for Stephen King’s and LeBron James’ Twitter Blue Ticks- but why?

Twitter officially removed the unpaid ‘legacy’ blue checks from the platform on Thursday (April 21) resulting in millions of users losing their verification. This means that any users who still have a verification badge are paying for Twitter Blue, the premium version of the app and their profiles are labelled as subscribed to the service.

The purge had been a goal of Elon Musk’s since taking control of the company in October 2022. The controversial move has been met with much scrutiny, and many have refused to pay meaning some of the world’s most famous celebs have lost their verification.