The New York Times became one of the first Twitter accounts to lose the verified badge
Posted on AllSides April 3rd, 2023
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Shannon Stapleton (Reuters)
The New York Times’ main Twitter account lost its verified badge. The US publication appeared to be one of the first major accounts to lose its golden tick after the social media platform announced it would start removing not-paid-for verified badges from Apr. 1.
According to the Washington Post, the decision to remove the verified badge from the @nytimes account came directly from Twitter CEO Elon Musk, after he learnt the publication had no intention to pay to retain the golden tick that had recently been assigned to accounts belonging to organizations....
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