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Elon Musk Pushes Back on William Shatner’s Twitter Blue Complaint: ‘There Shouldn’t Be a Different Standard for Celebrities’

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$44 billion has been to even the playing field between verified and unverified users, believing that the blue check that traditionally comes with accounts belonging to public figures sets a left-leaning, elitist hierarchy on the site that he wants to do away with.

While the fix to that hierarchy has seen its fair share of hiccups along the way, including a period of time when anyone could go blue and impersonate a celebrity, Musk announced last week that he’s doing away with unpaid verifications altogether. “On April 1st, we will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks.

To keep your blue checkmark on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue here,” Twitter’s account, Twitter Verified, tweeted Thursday.Shatner didn’t love the sound of that.

The 92-year-old entertainer tweeted to his 2.5 million followers on Saturday, tagging Musk in his complaint. “Hey @elonmusk what’s this about blue checks going away unless we pay Twitter?

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