Rahul Gandhi, Mamata, Kejriwal among politicians who lost Twitter blue tick

Microblogging site Twitter on Tursday removed the verified blue tick from many highprofile individuals account in India including West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwals among othersThe only individual Twitter users who have verified blue checkmarks are those paying for Twitter Blue which costs USD 8month via the web and USD 11month through the inapp payment on iOS and AndroidThe other political figures wo have lost the blue tick are Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka GandhiBesides them political parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP Aam Aadmi Party AAP and the Congress also lost their verification badgesDue to the recent development several Btown celebrities including Shah Rukh Khan Amitabh Bachchan Alia Bhatt and cricketers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma among others have lost their verified blue ticks from their Twitter accountsAlso Read Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who dont payEarlier it was announced that the microblogging site would remove the verified checkmark status of accounts that Twitter had been verified as notable before Elon Musks takeover unless they have subscribed to Twitter Blue or the businessfocused Twitter Verified Organizations plan Variety reportedInitially the blue tick served as a way of protecting wellknown individuals from impersonation and tackling false informationEarlier in March Twitter posted from their official handle On April 1st we will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks To keep your blue checkmark on Twitter individuals can sign up for Twitter BlueTwitter first introduced the blue check mark system in 2009 to help users identify that celebrities politicians companies and brands news organizations and other accounts of public interest were genuine and not impostors or parody accounts The company didnt previously charge for verificationMusk launched Twitter Blue with the checkmark badge as one of the premium perks within two weeks of the companys takeover last yearThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever