https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/11/4/23438917/twitter-verifications-blue-check-elon-musk

The checks aren’t even blue!

It didn’t take long for Elon Musk to weaponize his shiny new $44 billion toy. He’s made a few changes and promised many more, but for now, the most controversial update is what he wants to do with verification. Musk says he wants to open up Twitter’s blue checks to anyone who wants to pay for them and take them away from the people who don’t.