Jesus Christ, the Pope and Elon Musk’s own companies were among the fake accounts masquerading as authentic
Many big name brands also had their accounts impersonated by people willing to pay €8 for the blue mark, which comes without thorough verification. Photograph: PA WireThe blue ticks that Twitter has been hoping to sell to all comers for €8 a month appear to have been taken off the table – at least in the short term – after the subscription service was plagued with impostors almost as soon as it went live.
Jesus Christ, the Pope, Donald Trump and the Elon Musk owned Tesla and Space X companies were just five of the fake Twitter accounts that had a blue tick attached to them after the company launched its new subscription service this week. Many big name brands also had their accounts impersonated by people willing to pay €8 for a blue tick, a development which is likely to heap further pressure on Elon Musk who recently acquired the company for $44 billion.
Some brands had already paused their advertising spend with the company over concerns about the direction it was taking.
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