Elon Musk’s plan to democratize Twitter verification lasted less than two days before it was so overrun with scammers and impersonators the company stopped allowing new subscribers.
Tesla is releasing the specs and production designs for its proprietary connector, which it is rebranding as the North American Charging Standard (NACS), in hopes that charging networks will use the company's hardware in their stations.
Twitter Blue is currently missing from the iPhone app's menu rail. On iPads, it's still there, except clicking on the option to subscribe returns an error.
Twitter's "official" gray checkmarks seem to making their way back to accounts owned by brands, publishers and other public figures. It's unclear if the rollout has anything to do with the influx of impersonators on the website since its $8 Blue verification has launched.
A Twitter lawyer reportedly warned that the company could face billions of dollars in FTC fines if it violates the conditions of a settlement with the agency.
The company edited its subscription service's help page to add that accounts created on or after November 9th, 2022 "will be unable to subscribe to Twitter Blue at this time."
Elon Musk says he has killed Twitter's 'official' verification checkmarks mere hours after they first appeared, although they're technically still alive.