- Elon Musk accepted a claim made on Twitter by a user that the firm’s staff sold verification “for upwards of $15,000”.
- According to the user, personnel would “privately offer to verify users for $$ behind the scenes” after declining to do so through the usual application.
- Musk said, “Far too many legacy “verified” checkmarks were distributed,” in another tweet.
Musk acknowledges that Twitter employees once “sold verification badges for $15,000.”
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