The story of Twitter’s blue checkmarks — a simple verification system that’s come to be viewed as an elite status symbol — began with some high-profile impersonations, just as the site began taking ...

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Elon Musk’s move to upend Twitter’s longstanding verification system is turning the platform’s iconic blue check marks into a polarizing symbol of his leadership for some of Twitter’s most prominent ...