Beyoncé and Ronaldo among those to lose Twitter blue check in purge
The social media giant has erased the once-coveted blue tick verification from thousands of accounts. …
In the days before verification, Kanye West, Shaq and Ewan McGregor were among the first celebrities to speak out about being impersonated on Twitter. Now that the badges are gone, a celebrity’s follower count may become the only way to tell the difference between someone famous and an imposter.