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We got Twitter ‘verified’ in minutes posing as a comedian and a senator

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Geoffrey A. Fowler
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www.washingtonpost.com
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Twitter has been selling blue check marks to any account for $8, including our test imposter accounts for Blaire Erskine and Sen. Ed Markey. That makes it mostly worthless.

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Katie Mack @AstroKatie · Nov 13, 2022
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The point is that something went wrong in this case, not that every Twitter Blue check mark is appearing to be a real verification. I highly suggest reading the article!
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