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Most Ghanaian celebrities have lost their account verification on the Blue app as a result of Twitter\u2019s new policy that requires a $8 monthly fee for account verification. <\/p>\n

Currently, the majority of celebrities have not signed up for the new policy; as a result, their verification badge, which was once shown next to their profile name, has been removed. <\/p>\n

Blue badges were taken away from people like Sarkodie, Bridget Otoo, Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale, Samini, Efya, D-Black, Serwaa Amihere, and Black Sherif.<\/p>\n

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However, media personality, Nana Aba Anamoah still has\u00a0a blue badge\u00a0attached to her account with the notification: \u201cThis account is verified because they are subscribed to Twitter Blue and verified their phone number.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter began deleting blue verification checkmarks from users who had not signed up for the service on Thursday. <\/p>\n

The checks started to disappear from the professors\u2019, journalists\u2019, and renowned people\u2019s accounts. Even some of the most well-known and well-liked Twitter users, including co-founder Jack Dorsey, Kim Kardashian, Beyonce, Bill Gates, Pope Francis, and former president Donald Trump, had their blue checks vanish. <\/p>\n

Other government entities, including the main US Citizenship and Immigration Services account and accounts for some state Customs and Border Patrol offices, also lost their blue checks, which weren\u2019t immediately replaced with the grey checks Twitter has designated for government accounts.<\/p>\n

The initial rollout of the change looked to have some problems because blue checks on some accounts disappeared and then reappeared. It originally didn\u2019t seem like other well-known legacy verified accounts had misplaced their checks.<\/p>\n

The change \u2014 and its confusing rollout \u2014 threatens to create an even greater\u00a0risk of impersonation\u00a0of high-profile users and confusion over the veracity of information on the platform.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThough we have lost our checkmark, this is the official USCIS twitter account,\u201d the government agency\u00a0wrote in a tweet\u00a0on Thursday. \u201cPlease beware of imposter accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n

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