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# Twitter’s blue check purge claims top political figures, risking impostors, states The Washington Post
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/twitters-blue-check-purge-claims-top-political-figures-risking-impostors-states-the-washington-post/
- Published: 2023-05-11T20:13:30.000Z
- Updated: 2023-05-17T15:28:50.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Social Media, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:53

**Twitter started to remove verification marks** from celebrities, journalists and public figures, delivering on a long-standing pledge by owner **Elon Musk**, reports [The Washington Post.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/20/twitter-legacy-blue-checkmarks-removal/?itid=lk%5Finline%5Fmanual%5F5&ref=capitolcommunicator.com)

According to The Post, Musk has derided the blue check marks, used by platforms across the tech industry to authenticate users’ identities, for creating a “lords & peasants system” and said that requiring that people pay for them “will democratize journalism & empower the voice of the people.”

But the move has stripped the verification of dozens of government officials and political figures — according to a review by The Post — whose accounts may now [become bigger targets for impersonation](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/11/twitter-fake-verified-accounts/?itid=lk%5Finline%5Fmanual%5F9&ref=capitolcommunicator.com).

That could stoke confusion about which messages are coming from official channels, which are often used to disseminate critical information to the public, especially during emergencies, adds The Post.

More [here](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/21/twitters-blue-check-purge-claims-top-political-figures-risking-impostors/?utm%5Fcampaign=wp%5Fthe%5Ftechnology%5F202&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fsource=newsletter&wpisrc=nl%5Ftechnology202).