https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/01/x-twitter-paid-users-hide-checkmarks/

Social media company X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their verification checkmarks. The Elon Musk-owned company introduced paid verification last year with the Twitter Blue relaunch. The service was renamed to XBlue during the ongoing rebranding exercise.

The company has updated the help page for paid subscriptions, which is titled ‘About Twitter Blue’, saying that even if you hide the checkmark it might be visible in some places. The company didn’t give any further details about those placeholders.