Twitter Verification is now available to Twitter Blue subscribers who pay $8 per month, which allows any account to receive a blue tick. The change led to an immediate problem across the site, as users are already paying to impersonate some of the biggest gaming companies.
The change comes as part of a rapid and comprehensive overhaul of the service by new Twitter owner Elon Musk. Just on Tuesday, the company introduced a new form of “official” badge on profiles to distinguish official accounts from fake ones. That feature was shut down within hours, while paid verification began rolling out later that day. Users did not waste time abusing the system. 
For example, a Twitter account called @nIntendoofus changed its display name to Nintendo of America, mirroring the profile picture and header picture of the actual Nintendo account. He began tweeting fake announcements, including news that a Super Mario Galaxy sequel was in development. Soon after, she tweeted a photo of Mario showing the middle finger, quickly garnering over 10,000 likes. The account has been closed in the meantime.
Valve is currently the target of a similar hoax, thanks to a now-verified account that managed to grab the handle @valvesotfware (note the tif positions). The account, which at the time of writing has 21,000 followers, released a teaser for a new project titled Ricochet: Neon Primefake sequel to the 2000s To bounce. Of course, this is all a joke, as the account’s pinned tweet points to a flaw in Twitter’s current verification system.
“Twitter Blue is a problem, misinformation is so easy to spread and the damage it can cause can have a real impact on people, much more impact than a fake game announcement. You now own a huge platform and this is what you chose to do with it, do it better,” the account tweeted, marking Elon Musk.
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Nintendo and Valve aren’t the only accounts facing copycats. Public figures from Rudolph Giuliani to Elon Musk himself now have copycat accounts with blue ticks, creating an immediate obstacle to the site’s new system. Musk previously noted that accounts found to be impersonating real people and not flagged as parodies would be suspended, though accounts that made it clear they were parodies were shut down, creating confusion over Twitter’s new rules.
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Source: newstars.edu.vn