Accounts of late celebrities including Chadwick Boseman have been marked 'subscribed to Twitter Blue.'
Then, it emerged over the weekend that blue check marks hadThe new system could create more chaos and confusion for everyday users that relied on verification to know if accounts belonging to notable figures were real or fake.
There was further confusion over the weekend after blue checkmarks returned to several accounts of high-profile Twitter users who are no longer alive, with the message: "This account is verified because they are subscribed to Twitter Blue and verified their phone number."
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