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Scoop: White House won't pay for Twitter verification (axios.com)
5 points by rurp on March 31, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



> "It is our understanding that Twitter Blue does not provide person-level verification as a service. Thus, a blue check mark will now simply serve as a verification that the account is a paid user"

Nice to see the White House correctly understanding what the new "verification" process entails.


And you'll be able to identify the real White House account because it'll be the unverified one, while the fake ones will be trying to add fake cachet by paying for it.




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