Martin Holland<p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Twitter</span></a> Users With a Million Followers Are Getting &#39;Paid&#39; Blue Checks, Like It or Not </p><p>“Wait I’m crying they’re giving them for punishment now,” Chrissy <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Teigen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Teigen</span></a> tweeted.</p><p>[...]</p><p>&quot;Disturbingly, accounts from people who are&quot; dead — including Anthony <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Bourdain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bourdain</span></a>, Chadwick <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Boseman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Boseman</span></a>, and Kobe <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Bryant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bryant</span></a> ­— have also received the paid blue checks, obviously without being able to consent.&quot; </p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/TwitterTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TwitterTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/BlueCheckMark" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlueCheckMark</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/TwitterBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TwitterBlue</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/twitter-blue-badges-added-to-celebrity-accounts-without-subscription-1234722041/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/culture/cultu</span><span class="invisible">re-news/twitter-blue-badges-added-to-celebrity-accounts-without-subscription-1234722041/</span></a></p>