Twitter has already rolled back free blue ticks for accounts with more than a million followers, and there are increasing numbers of accounts who seem to have badges for which they haven’t paid. Twitter gave a fake Disney account verification status at the weekend. The account, called @DisneyJuniorUK, was tweeting vile content, but managed to be verified with a gold tick before being suspended. Despite many celebrity accounts initially losing their badges – over the weekend most of them were reinstated, with almost every user with more than one million followers receiving a new blue tick. Is Elon Musk getting what he was fighting against ?

