Twitter has dropped government-funded media labels after backlash.
Twitter has removed labels describing global media organizations as government-funded or state-affiliated, a move that comes after the Elon Musk-owned platform started stripping blue verification checkmarks from accounts that don't pay a monthly fee.
High-profile users who lost their blue checks Thursday included Beyoncé, Pope Francis, Oprah Winfrey and former President Donald Trump. In a reply to King's tweet, Musk said"You're welcome namaste" and in another tweet he said he's"paying for a few personally." He later tweeted he was just paying for King, Shatner and James.
While Twitter offers gold checks for"verified organizations" and gray checks for government organizations and their affiliates, it's not clear how the platform doles these out.
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